SNHR Nominates the Syrian Child Muhammad Nour al-Asmar for the International Children’s Peace Prize 2021

The Syrian Network for Human Rights said that it had nominated the Syrian child, “Mohamed Nour al-Asmar” for the International Children’s Peace Prize 2021.

The Network stated that it has nominated the Syrian child Muhammad al-Asmar in appreciation of his exceptional efforts in raising awareness of the suffering of the Syrian community, especially its children, due to the violations they have suffered at the hands of the Assad regime and its Iranian and Russian allies.

The Network clarified that the nomination was based on the many years of close coordination and cooperative relationship between the international Kids Rights Foundation and the Syrian Network for Human Rights, announcing that Muhammad’s nomination has been accepted, along with nominations for 162 other exceptional male and female children from around the world, and express its hope that Muhammad, who is the only Arab child nominated in the peace category for this year’s award, will win this prize.

Muhammad Nour Aziz al Asmar is a 13-year-old child from Binnesh town in Idlib governorate. Despite his tender years, Muhammad has spent his childhood advocating for children like himself, engaging in artistic activities and community events directed at helping children, through which he’s shared his talents with and encouraged his peers, in areas including drawing and mental arithmetic, among others; among the most prominent of these activities was his participation, under the supervision of his father, artist Omar Aziz, in creating distinctive ‘graffiti’-style artwork on the rubble of destroyed buildings, including schools, one of a number of campaigns involving children’s participation.

Muhammad has conveyed the suffering of children in his community, appearing in many photos and videos broadcast on the Internet, in which he talked about the absence of the most basic necessities of life for these children, as well as the suffering experienced by children in camps in northwest Syria.