Jacques Beres had been a war surgeon for 40 years when he smuggled himself into Homs in 2012 to help the Syrian people. After operating on 89 people in 12 days, he concluded that the violence in Syria was the worst he had ever seen.
Beres was a co-founder of Doctors without Borders and Doctors of the World, and has since sought to raise the plight of the Syrian people with the international community.
Jacques Beres, a war surgeon who smuggled himself into Homs in 2012 to help the Syrian people, addresses the 4th Annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy – see below for full prepared remarks. Full remarks Saba Farzan: Hello. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Because we are the last panel
A panel including veteran war surgeon who smuggled himself into Homs in 2012 to help the Syrian people, Jacques Beres; Iranian freelance journalist and founder and Executive Director of ‘Foreign Policy Circle,’ Saba Farzan; and Syrian human rights activist who was arrested in 2011 for distributing pro-revolutionary flyers attacking the
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