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| Syrian Democracy Activists' Meeting Is Broken Up |
| 2005-09-26 |
| Damascus, 26 Sept. (AKI) - Syrian security forces first surrounded then raided a house where pro-democracy activists were meeting on Monday, destroying documents and ordering the gathering's participants to disperse. The broken-up meeting had been organised by the Commission for the Defence of Democratic Freedoms and Human Rights and was being held in Khan al-Shaykh, some 20 kilometres south of Damascus. Human rights organisations in the country condemned the authorities' action. The president of the Syrian Centre for Judicial Research, Anwar al-Bunni joined the criticism, denouncing what he said was "the excessive means with which the Syrian government imposes its iron fist on Syrian society and uses force agains human rights and civil society activists. ""Syria is showing the world it has two faces, one: Islamic extremism, the other: the regime of the government," Bunni told Adnkronos International (AKI). |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #3 "Syria is showing the world it has two faces, one: Islamic extremism, the other: the regime of the government," Bunni told Adnkronos International (AKI). This is the face I've always seen from Syria, however has a Bashir face that's hard to take seriously from a distance and the MSM has watered it down over the years. Syria/Iran are major dictator/terrorist countries, and that shouldn't be forgotten. |
| Posted by: Gluns Hupineger4859 2005-09-26 11:32 |
| #2 Yep, right after the Human Rights Commission of the UN, the EU Human Rights Commission, the NYT, WaPo, LAT, Al Guardian, etc. |
| Posted by: Charong Speath5297 2005-09-26 11:15 |
| #1 Human rights organisations in the country condemned the authorities' action. And Human Rights Watch will be condemning it too, right? |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-09-26 10:54 |