2011年4月20日星期三

Syria lifts emergency but police arrest left - Reuters

Protestors hold banners during a demonstration the Syrian port city of Banias April 19, 2011. REUTERS/Handout

Protesters keep the Syrian port city of Caesarea Philippi 19 banner during a demonstration in April 2011.

Credit: Reuters/HandoutBy Khaled Yacoub Oweis

AMMAN | Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:52 pm EDT

AMMAN (Reuters) - the Syrian authorities arrest a left opposition figure overnight proposes that a bill by the Government is passed State of emergency to end after 48 years not stopped said repression, rights activists Wednesday.

The Bill was on Tuesday as a concession by President Bashar al-Assad in view of the increasingly determined mass protests passed against his authoritarian rule. More than 200 people have been killed, say rights groups.

At the end of the State of emergency was, however, Syrians require along with new legislation to approval by the State, if they want to keep demonstrations. Defiant further regardless of protests and sit-ins in several areas overnight place.

Right Advocate-General Wissam tariff said protest in the city of Zabadani of Damascus took place late Tuesday. A YouTube video showed demonstrators singing "The people want the overthrow of the Government," the rally wines of the riots in Tunisia and Egypt.

A prominent leftist in the city, Mahmoud Issa, was taken from his house by members of the Syrian feared political security division.

At least 20 pro-democracy right activists said protesters in the past two days by security forces in the city of Hims had been shot.

"Issa is a well known former political prisoners." Arrest him hours after the announcement of a draft law on the emergency law lift reprehensible, ", said Rami Adelrahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for human rights, speak of the United Kingdom."

"Lifting emergency law has been overdue, but there is a long time a large number of other laws that that should be scrapped, as you give security forces immunity from prosecution and military courts trying civilians powers to give."

State Department spokesman Mark toner, said the new legislation, to keep permits for demonstrations made it unclear whether the end would make the emergency rule for a less restrictive regime.

"These new rules as restrictive as the emergency be law replaced," he said, adding that the Syrian Government "needs to much more comprehensive reforms implement."

"THERE SHALL BE NO MORE SLAUGHTER"

Civic call prominent in Homs, a central town known for its intellectual and artist, signed "not to spill the blood of Mr Syrians a declaration for the army" and deny the official claims were operated the Salafist groups there.

In a sign of resistance against the demonstrators, the unrest as an uprising of "Armed groups include Salafist organisations" try demands for reforms, the Interior Ministry described Monday night to terrorise the population.

Salafism is a strict form of Sunni Islam, many Arab Governments to equate that with militant groups such as the al-Qaeda. Assad and most of his inner circle are of Syrian minority Nusairier community, an offshoot of Shi Shi'ite comply with Islam.

"Not Salafist, not Muslim Brotherhood." "We are freedom seekers!"Hundreds of people sang in Tuesday's demo in Banias beaten and then on the Mediterranean coast.


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