Injured Syrian protestors are removed from beds as forces target hospitals

Sir, I read with interest the news article regarding abuse of the
wounded protesters by the security forces in Syria. I would add my voice
to those calling for an end to such atrocities. There are many reports of
the wounded and there carers being detained by the security forces,
hospitals prohibited from receiving the wounded and doctors secretly
having to care for the wounded in make shift clinics and themselves being
persecuted.

On the other hand, I would dispute the impression given in the
article that Alawite doctors, and only Alawite doctors, in state run
institutions are voluntarily denying treatment to the wounded. This gives
the impression that the struggle is sectarian, rather it is a struggle
between the Regime with its security apparatus on one hand and the
peaceful demonstrators on the other hand, the demonstrators being from all
walks of life. I, myself from the Alawite community, have been appalled by
the atrocities committed by the state for a long time and have been quite
vocal on this. We must take care when publishing such comments as these
only add fuel to a volatile situation with the risk of a sectarian civil
war.