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Rt Hon. Boris Johnson MP
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
boris.johnson.mp@parliament.uk
fcocorrespondence@fco.gov.uk
21 February 2018
Dear Mr Johnson,
Humanitarian catastrophe in East Ghouta
The Head of the Union of Medical Care and Relief Organisations (UOSSM) this week described the current assault on East Ghouta as ‘one of the worst attacks in Syrian history, even worse than the siege of Aleppo.’ Russia and the Assad regime have pummelled homes, hospitals and schools to dust, and the civilian casualty rate is stunning, even to a world and UK public grown used to the horrors of Syria.
We come to your door to remind you that our Government and our Foreign Office can make a real difference to the protection of civilian lives, given the political will.
You could:
- Summon the Russian Ambassador to demand an end to the bombing;
- Airdrop food and medical aid to East Ghouta communities under siege;
- Track and publish the flight data of killer planes attacking civilians;
- Impose UK sanctions on Russia and call for European sanctions;
- Ground Assad’s air force by striking bases responsible for bombing civilians.
These are just some of the actions the Government could take immediately. Don’t just shrug your shoulders and blame current inaction on mistakes in 2013. The UK has been militarily engaged in Syria since 2015, and we have the power to save lives now. History will not look kindly on the powerful who stood by while Syrian towns, and their inhabitants, were obliterated.
Yours sincerely
SyriaUK
www.syriauk.org
info@syriauk.org
