Draft:Fahed Mousa Al Mousa

Fahed Mousa Al-Mousa (Arabic: فهد موسى الموسى) is a Syrian politician and lawyer and human rights activist who rose to prominence after the outbreak of the Syrian revolution in 2011. He was among the leading figures of the peaceful protest movement in Hama Governorate and a co-founder of the Taybah al-Imam Coordination Committee. Al-Mousa was arrested by Syrian government forces in a targeted security operation and was released after spending about one year in detention.

Fahed Mousa Almousa
Born	(1970-01-03) January 3, 1970 Taybat al-Imam, Hama Governorate, Syria
Citizenship
Education	Damascus University
Years active	2011 - Now
Organization	The Syrian Commission for Releasing Detainees

Personal life

He studied at the Faculty of Law at Damascus University and has been practicing law since the early 2000s.

Revolution and imprisonment

Lawyer Fahed al-Mousa participated in the peaceful uprising during the “Good Friday” protest in his hometown of Taybat al-Imam on 22 April 2011. He co-founded the Taybat al-Imam Coordination Committee together with a group of academics and local dignitaries.

Al-Mousa was a member of the negotiating delegation representing the city of Hama, which met with Hisham Sukkar, the director of Bashar al-Assad’s office. Sukkar promised reforms in exchange for halting the demonstrations, but the delegation insisted on continuing the protests.

In November 2011, the Syrian government arrested al-Mousa during a night-time security operation after cutting off electricity and communications in the city. He was subsequently taken to the Political Security Branch in Hama.

Amnesty International issued a statement—sent in copy to Bashar al-Assad’s office—demanding al-Mousa’s immediate and unconditional release. The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs also condemned his arrest.

Thousands of demonstrators in Taybat al-Imam raised a large banner in the main street reading, “Freedom for Lawyer Fahd al-Mousa and his companions.” His daughter, Hala, delivered a speech before a crowd of protesters, calling for the release of her father and all detainees held in Syrian government prisons.

He was released in September 2012 and left his hometown due to ongoing persecution and the government’s tightened security control over the region. His name later appeared in a database published by Zaman al-Wasl, listing individuals wanted by the General Intelligence Directorate and the Military Intelligence Division in Syria.

Political life

During the years of the Syrian revolution, lawyer Fahd al-Mousa settled in the rural areas of Idlib. In 2015, he founded The Syrian Commission for Releasing Detainees, based in opposition-held territories. The organization focuses on legal and media advocacy for detainees, publishing periodic reports documenting crimes and violations committed in Syrian government prisons, recording cases of arrest and enforced disappearance, and maintaining contact with victims.

The Commission gained notable visibility during the Hama Central Prison uprising, when it intensified the publication of human rights reports through local and international media outlets..

Al-Mousa also co-founded the Free Lawyers Syndicate in Syria with a group of lawyers, where he was elected Secretary of the Central Council and Chairman of the Committee for Freedoms and Human Rights. The syndicate continued its activities until the fall of the Syrian government on 8 November 2024.

Following the collapse of the Bashar al-Assad government, al-Mousa adopted a supportive stance toward the Ahmed al-Sharaa administration. He became a member of the Hama Bar Association Council and later ran for a seat in the People’s Assembly, representing the Hama constituency in the 2025 term.

Alkarama Sit-in

On 1 July 2024, peaceful demonstrations broke out in the northern countryside of Aleppo, rejecting Turkey’s normalization efforts with the Bashar al-Assad regime. The protests, known as the Al-Karama Sit-in, called for the overthrow of the Syrian Interim Government, led by Abdul Rahman Mustafa, as well as the Syrian National Coalition for Revolutionary and Opposition Forces. The sit-in leadership also opposed Turkey’s initiative to reopen the Abu al-Zandin crossing as a goodwill gesture within the normalization process. A preparatory committee emerged from the Al-Karama Sit-in, chaired by Fahed al-Mousa, which announced a roadmap for establishing a civil administration and organizing local elections in opposition-held areas. However, amid these developments, rebel factions launched a military offensive that ultimately led to the collapse of the Bashar al-Assad regime. On 9 December 2024, the Al-Karama Sit-in administration released a statement declaring the end of the sit-in, affirming that political and military authority had shifted to Damascus, and congratulating the Syrian people on the revolution’s victory and the downfall of Bashar al-Assad.