Arabic → English transcript

– He is in the cage and you are outside.

– Thank God.– And you are the one putting him on trial. – Thank God. Thank God,

after fifteen years, I mean, I mean, what happened to him?

By God, man, an indescribable joy, an indescribable joy. I swear to God,

on the day of victory,

I swear to God, on the day of victory.

It is enough that our martyrs did not die for nothing. This is who ruined Syria,

He arrested children. I swear to God,

I was 15 years old when he arrested me. From inside the courtroom cage, Atef Najib,

face to face with his victims, next to me now is Moawiya al- Sayasneh,

one of the children who were in Daraa, now, God willing,

he is grown up, the one Atef Najib arrested and tortured,

he forced them to write the phrase“ Your turn has come,

doctor” so he could know who wrote it, what happened.

First, before we start with what happened,

how do you feel when you see a war criminal like Atef Najib,

face to face, you and him, he is in the cage and you are trying him?

An indescribable feeling,

the feeling is indescribable, Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds. After 15 years,

we saw this war criminal, Atef Najib. When I was 15 years old, I was a child.

When I went in to Atef Najib,

he forced me to write “ Your turn has come, Doctor” so

he could compare who had written on the school wall.- Were you more than one child?

- We were more than one child, more than one group.“ Who is behind you?” he asked.

We said, I mean, there was He was telling us there was Ahrar al- Sham.

I did not know what Ahrar al- Sham was.

I told him I did not know, I did not know anything. “ Write the pledge.”

I wrote a pledge.“ Write the phrase.” He told me,“ You are the one who wrote it.”

I confessed that I was the one who wrote the phrase, and I did everything.- Did you

really write it?- We wrote this phrase and we burned the cabin.

Here you understand, I mean the people of Hauran, they were in an uproar,

something unnatural, even from the children.

Here the response from Atef Najib was not,“ Forget

your children.”- He was the one who forced you, he was the one who tortured you?

He was the one who tortured, and he was the one who gave the order.

When the young men in the Kaziya neighborhood of Daraa al- Mahatta were martyred,

he was the one who gave the order to open fire. We were children,

And praise be to God, today after fifteen years,

There is a joy beyond description,

words fail to describe it, I mean… praise be to God, Lord of the worlds,

Our martyrs did not die for nothing. My father’s life, my brother’s life,

praise be to God, we paid a big price, which is our martyrs, our detainees,

and our free women. Praise be to God, this day is the best day,

and praise be to God,

Atef Najib is being put on trial.

And we ask His Excellency Ahmad al- Sharaa, may God prolong his life,

to put this criminal on trial, because this criminal…— Look,

they are trying him.— It is a shame he is allowed to breathe air. By Almighty God,

it is a shame that he breathes air,

this man, it is a shame he breathes air.

We hope from the countries and from His

Excellency Ahmad al- Sharaa that he will be tried,

because it is a shame that he breathes this air.— They are trying him.

This is the one who ruined Syria, he arrested children, by Almighty God,

I was fifteen when he arrested me, By God, fifteen years.

I thought he would defend me,

but he did not defend me or anyone else. He gave the order

to open fire on the protesters when they went out to demand the children.

Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds.- How do you feel?

( Crowd chanting in background)- They came,

your people came.- All the people of Daraa are with me.

Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds.

Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds, and by Almighty God, on the day of victory,

And by Almighty God, on the day of victory.

It is enough that our martyrs did not die in vain, praise be to God,

Lord of the worlds.

- He is in the cage and you are outside.- Praise be to God.- And you are the one

putting him on trial. Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds, he will stand trial,

God willing, Lord of the worlds.