London: The wives of the German and British ambassadors to the UN have released a video urging Syria’s first lady to help end the bloodshed in her country.
The film, posted on YouTube, asks Asma Assad to urge her husband, Bashar al-Assad, to stop violent repression.
It contrasts glamorous pictures of her lavish lifestyle with graphic images of dead and injured Syrian children.
Huberta von Voss Wittig and Sheila Lyall Grant say the video was made on their own initiative.
The four-minute-vidoe is addressed directly to Mrs Assad, calling her “Asma” throughout.
It contains explicit footage of injured and dying children, and tells her “these children could all be your children”.
It urges Mrs Assad to “stand up for peace”, and asks “what happened to you, Asma?”
The film urges viewers to sign an online letter asking Mrs Assad to act to end the violence in Syria.
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