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Gabriel Moushe Gawrieh (Syriac: ܓܒܪܐܝܠ ܡܘܫܐ ܓܘܪܝܐ) is the head the political branch of the Assyrian Democratic Organization and a Syrian Assyrian leader and political activist.
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Life
Gawrieh was born in Qamishli in 1962 to a Syriac Orthodox family. He studied Agricultural engineering at the University of Aleppo and graduated in 1982. He joined the Assyrian Democratic Organization where he eventually became one of its leaders in the 2000s.
Role in the Syrian Civil War
During the initial phase of the Syrian Civil War Gawrieh called for a peaceful democratic transition of power voicing support for non-violent demonstrations. He was one of the leading secular figures of the Damascus Declaration, he however refused to join the leftist National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change.
Gawrieh was arrested by Syrian authorities in Qamishli in 19 December 2013. His arrest was condemned by Assyrian organizations, human rights organizations, as well as other countries such as the United States.