Syrian President's Wife Urged to Stop Violence The wives of the British and German ambassadors to the United Nations have produced a video urging the wife of Syrian President Bashar Assad to speak out to demand that her husband stop the violence in their country. The video asks viewers to sign an online petition to Asma Assad asking that she take a risk and "stand up for peace ... for the sake of your people." Huberta von Voss-Wittig, wife of Germany's U.N. Ambassador Peter Wittig, and Sheila Lyall Grant, wife of Britain's U.N. Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant, said in a letter accompanying the video that Asma Assad's "public voice is needed." The video, released Tuesday, alternates pictures of the stylish British-born Asma Assad with scenes of Syria's conflict and its victims. Bashar Assad's regime has been using force for more than a year to try to put down a public uprising. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzUViTShIAo Petition: http://www.change.org/petitions/asma-al-assad-stop-the-bloodshed-in-syria