Shell is financing child killers in Syria

Oil sales of Syrian crude by Royal Dutch Shell PLC, known as Shell, are literally financing the military operations against civilians throughout Syria. Bullets that pierce through the bodies of young children and babies in their mothers’ arms are financed by payments made by Shell and other oil companies to the Assad regime.

Members of the Dutch Parliament met with Shell officials a few days ago and asked them to halt operations in Syria because of human rights abuses by the Assad regime that resulted in more 2200 deaths. Shell refused and said it will not stop production in Syria unless it is forced by the EU to do so. This despicable and greedy attitude  of Shell shows that Shell does not care about the killing of children and human rights abuses in Syria. Shell must recognize that the Syrian people are being killed by bullets that Shell has paid for. Shell officials have failed to understand that when people are massacred, the last thing they care about is the availability of petrol and petrol prices. Shell must stop production immediately and show that human rights abuses and killing civilians are not acceptable. Shell must recognize that once the Syrian people gain their freedom, they may not welcome Shell again if it appears sympathetic to the Assad regime. Our objective is to urge Shell to reconsider its stand and stand with the people of Syria by halting its operations in Syria. It does not need to wait fro orders from the EU to do so. If it does wait, it proves the point that it is willingly supporting baby killers in Syria.