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Title: Syria added to Mediterranean + Neighborhood policy debates at EU Parliament Post by: Geopol on April 02, 2011, 12:13:38 AM After the recent violent events, including killings of protestors, and growing demonstrations in Syria asking mainly for Democratic Freedoms, EU Parliament added Damas in the extending list of Mediterranean a.o. 3rd Countries' situations (i.e. together with Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, etc. after Tunisia and Egypt, etc) due to be debated by EU Parliament next week in Strasbourg, together with EU's Neighborhood policy, with EU High Representative Baroness Cathy Ashton, etc.
Title: Re: Syria added to Mediterranean + Neighborhood policy debates at EU Parliament Post by: Jory on April 02, 2011, 10:52:06 PM No real Democratic Reforms, some 79 People reportedly killed, numerous "Arrests" of dissidents Today, etc., obviously make Syria a "Hotspot", with protests spreading from the South to the North, while inexperienced Assad junior seems to be influenced by its Neighbouring Turkey's notoriously anti-democratic methods of Muzzling Journalists, throwing People in Prisons, etc., so that there is not yet a clear picture of the real situation, which is evolving fast. Title: Syria: Mediterranean Democratic Changes Wind arrives !? Post by: Ivan on April 23, 2011, 02:12:14 PM Syria: Mediterranean Democratic Changes Wind arrives, amidst People killed, wounded, arrested, etc.
Quote 72 demonstrators killed, 200 others injured in Syria 23.04.2011, 01.26 BEIRUT, April 23 (Itar-Tass) - - The number of demonstrators killed in Syria on Friday has grown to 72. Most of them were victims of a crackdown on anti-government protests in Homs, Dera'a and the suburbs of Damascus. More than 200 others were injured. According reports from Syria, protesters came under fire from the Syrian police and security services, some protesters choked on tear gas, the National Committee on Human Rights said Friday. According to the Committee, 15 people were killed in Dera'a province and suburbs of Damascus, and 15 - in the city of Homs in the center of the country. According to the head of the National League for the Protection of Human Rights, Omar al-Courbet, 30 people were killed in the suburbs of Damascus. However, according to the national news agency SANA, the number of casualties during the demonstration was "only 8 people killed and 20 others wounded." The protesters’ actions were presented "as a criminal attack by armed gangs." Syria's Interior Ministry issued a statement stating that, under the new law "formal approval from the authorities is required to conduct any demonstrations." As human rights activist Ayman Aswad said, the authorities failed to bring down a wave of protests even by the announcement of the abolition of the state of emergency. "The people want real change - an amnesty, freedom of speech, a multiparty system, an end to harassment by the police apparatus and a general election," he pointed out. Aswad argues if President Bashar al-Assad “really seeks to regain people's trust, he should distance himself from the law enforcement agencies and abolish the political monopoly of the ruling Baath Party." © ITAR-TASS. http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=16182143&PageNum=0 |