The Syrian Artists Syndicate issued a decision yesterday, Wednesday, April 16, to remove actress Sulaf Fawakherji from the syndicate.
The syndicate stated in a statement, “The artist Sulaf Fawakherji is disqualified due to her deviation from the syndicate’s objectives, based on Article 58 of Law No. 40, due to her insistence on denying the Assad regime’s crimes and her disregard for the suffering of the Syrian people.”
Fawakherji is known for her supportive stance towards the previous Syrian regime, which continued even after its fall.
In an appearance on the Al-Mashhad channel, Fawakherji said, “Al-Assad is honorable, and he should be tried if he deserves it, but on the condition that there is a judiciary, law, and justice.”
She continued, “I want to thank Bashar al-Assad for many important things he did for the country over many years, and for the economic and artistic reforms, and many achievements in terms of state building and other things, and I want to blame him for the poor advisors he was responsible for.”
Despite the controversy sparked by her statements to Al-Mashhad, she appeared in another interview with the Egyptian Al-Nahar channel to continue stirring controversy.
Fawakherji stated that Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria politically through institutions and the army, adding, “Al-Assad lived a simple life,” and considered him a “safety valve for Syria for 14 years, representing the stability and sovereignty of the country in the face of challenges.”
Fawakherji expressed her discontent with the painful scenes linked to Sednaya Prison, indicating that she heard about violations and abuses inside, but she was not fully aware of what was happening at that time, and she explained that the facts began to gradually emerge now.
She stated that some individuals who were released from Sednaya Prison were involved in various crimes, including murder, theft, and rape.
However, she confirmed that some of the scenes circulated about the prison were “fabricated,” which led to a distortion of the truth and sparked much controversy.
She added that the spread of rumors about the existence of “underground floors” within the prison contributed to forming a distorted and inaccurate image, which was later found to be untrue, according to her.
After some Syrians continued to praise the regime after its fall, the Syrian president for the transitional phase, Ahmed al-Sharaa, signed the draft constitutional declaration, which included “Article 49” that considers glorifying the ousted Assad regime and its symbols, and denying or praising its crimes, or justifying them or downplaying them, as crimes punishable by law.
Article 49 of the constitutional declaration included three paragraphs, the first of which states the establishment of a commission to achieve transitional justice based on effective consultative mechanisms focusing on victims, to determine ways of accountability and the right to know the truth, and to provide justice for victims and survivors, in addition to honoring the martyrs.
The second paragraph excludes war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and all crimes committed by the previous regime from the principle of non-retroactivity of laws.
The third paragraph criminalizes glorifying the ousted Assad regime and its symbols, considering the denial or praise of its crimes, or justifying them or downplaying them as crimes punishable by law.
At the beginning of March, it was announced that artist Mazen al-Natour was appointed as the head of the Syrian Artists Syndicate.
Al-Natour was one of the first artists to publicly declare his support for the Syrian revolution.
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