za ▁was ▁tort ured . ▁ ▁El - S ha ar ▁said ▁that ▁he ▁super vised ▁the ▁aut ops y ▁in ▁Dam asc us ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁boy ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁any ▁sign ▁of ▁tort ure . ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁claimed ▁that ▁Ham za ▁had ▁been ▁shot ▁in ▁the ▁D ara a ▁ri ot ▁and ▁that ▁all ▁signs ▁of ▁dis figure ment ▁were ▁due ▁to ▁decay . ▁ ▁Back l ash ▁and ▁impact ▁▁ ▁Ham za ' s ▁name ▁became ▁a ▁r ally ing ▁cry ▁for ▁protest ers . ▁A ▁Facebook ▁page ▁honour ing ▁him ▁had ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 0 5 , 0 0 0 ▁follow ers ▁by ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁Following ▁the ▁pattern ▁of ▁demonstr ators ▁calling ▁Frid ays ▁a ▁" day ▁of ▁ra ge ", ▁S atur days ▁in ▁Sy ria ▁were ▁called ▁the ▁" day ▁of ▁Ham za ". ▁ ▁On ▁May ▁ 3 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁U . S . ▁Secretary ▁of ▁State ▁Hill ary ▁Cl inton ▁marked ▁his ▁death ▁as ▁a ▁turning ▁point ▁in ▁the ▁Sy rian ▁u pr ising , ▁indicating ▁that ▁it ▁" symbol ises ▁for ▁many ▁Sy ri ans ▁... ▁the ▁total ▁collapse ▁of ▁any ▁effort ▁by ▁the ▁Sy rian ▁government ▁to ▁work ▁with ▁and ▁listen ▁to ▁their ▁own ▁people ". ▁ ▁On ▁March ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁The ▁Guardian ▁released ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁emails ▁le aked ▁from ▁As ma ▁al - Ass ad , ▁Bash ar