Hamza al-Khateeb

The Child Who Could Not Be Hidden — Hamza al-Khateeb's Death and the World's Awakening

Thirteen years old, arrested at a protest in Daraa, returned to his family dead with his body showing torture, castration, and bullet wounds — Hamza al-Khateeb's death went viral in 2011 and became the human face of Assad's war on Syrian children.

The Child Whose Death Became a Revolution

Hamza al-Khateeb was thirteen years old. He went to a protest. He was arrested, tortured, and killed. The video of what was done to his body shocked the world and converted thousands who had been watching Syria's uprising from the sidelines into active protesters. His name became a chant, a symbol, a reason.