A/HRC/18/53 and made sure everybody went back home safe; demonstrations where protestors had legitimate claims and aspirations aimed at reform and stopping corruption, those who had chosen a civilized manner of conduct, reflecting the nature and essence of the relationship between individuals in a society and the state. The way things worked out did not satisfy third parties inside the country and abroad, whose sole aim is to destabilize the Syrian society. Armed terrorist groups emerged; started assaulting, terrorizing and murdering peaceful demonstrators. Members of terrorist groups operate by engaging in demonstrations; they carry sticks, swords and knives, and start to agitate the crowds, set cars on fire and sabotage public and private properties. They also shoot fire arms on protestors and security forces alike, aiming to kill as many as possible. The reason terrorists attack protestors is because they demonstrate under protection of authorities. In reality, the main goal of these groups is to discredit authorities in Syria and portray the Government as if it is employing brutal force to repress protestors. Their actions are accompanied by a misleading press campaign against Syria, a campaign conducted by foreign media to coincide with few “fatwas” uttered by the so-called Muslim clergymen. “Fatwas” incite violence, murder and bloodshed justified by fake religious reasoning. This is the same methodology and expiatory logic adopted by terrorist organizations in other parts of the world, while always seeking to destroy the societies where they operate. Benefiting from substantial external funding, dormant terrorist cells were reactivated, expressing themselves in public, using contemporary means of communication, and weapons smuggled through the Syrian borders. They use mosques to stock ammunition and weapons, a scenario that took place in the case of Al-Omari mosque and few other mosques in Dar’a and other provinces in the country. These actions are also facilitated by mosque attendants, who aided, covered up and coordinated invitations to kill, while propagating their perverse religious ideologies among gullible individuals to produce actions of murder, sabotage and terror against police agents and armed forces as well as among peaceful demonstrators, the number of deaths reached hundreds among armed forces of all ranks, as well as thousands of injured, victims of gunshots or stabbing wounds or those who were severely beaten, in addition to terrorists maiming cadavers of police agents and military personnel. With respect to the recent abolition of the State of Emergency Law, individuals who are arrested for committing illegal actions are transferred, according to the Syrian code of criminal procedures, to specialized instances in the judiciary system. Arrests in Syria are no longer taking place under the State of Emergency Law. All arrested individuals are transferred to public prosecutors within 24 hours of their initial arrest to become in court custody. In most cases transferred suspects are immediately released except those who have committed acts of murder, setting fire to or sabotaging properties and are prosecuted by the competent judicial authority in accordance with the Law. Those who are proven innocent, will be declared as such by the court. Those who are proven guilty of the mentioned crimes will be judged and punished according to directives provided by the Syrian penal code. Third: answers presented by the Syrian government to 15 July 2011 questions asked by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: 1. Three legislative Decrees were issued on 15 July 2011. Legislative decree number (161), stipulating the abolition of the State of Emergency Law. Legislative decree number (53), stipulating the abolition of the Supreme State Security Court -which was established on 28 March 1968 by legislative decree number (47)- and the transfer of all cases in deliberation before the Supreme State Security Court onto the relevant judicial authorities, according to Syria’s criminal justice regulations, and in light of the legislative decree number (55) containing the amendment of Article (17) of Criminal Procedures Code, to allow the competent law enforcement and related bodies to investigate crimes described in the general penal code, crimes touching on state security, and public safety matters. These investigations should not exceed seven days, during which evidence would be collected and suspects would be heard. The reservation period of seven days is renewable for a maximum 78