The wave of riots that live the Arab world also shakes Syria, where hundreds of people demonstrated today in two southern towns to demand freedom. It is the fifth consecutive day that the country recorded protests against the regime of Bashar al Assad, in power since 2000. The demonstrations that have taken place in the cities of Deraa and Nawa, have been accompanied, one day more, the Syrian regime's repression.
Authorities have arrested the writer Loay Hussein, a strong supporter of the protests that are occurring in the south of the country against al-Assad, as reported by an advocacy group Human Rights. In this situation, the United Nations High Commission (UN) Human Rights Rupert Colville, said today he was "very concerned" about the deaths of six people in Syria due to the repression of the protests.
Colville has insisted that it should end the "excessive use of force against peaceful demonstrators." According to this UN agency are six protesters dead since 18 in the town of Dara, where thousands of people protesting to demand greater freedom and an end to corruption after Friday prayers.
"The people have the legitimate right to express their demands to the Government, and urge the Syrian government to open a broad dialogue with the demonstrators content," said Colville. For its part, Amnesty International has added to this concern and today called on Syrian authorities to launch an "independent investigation" of the death of at least six protesters in Deraa.
"These deaths should be promptly and thoroughly investigated and those responsible for unlawful killings should be brought to justice", has claimed the deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa's AI, Philip Luther. "The use of lethal force by Syrian security forces against demonstrators who, by all accounts, they were putting the lives of others in danger is totally unacceptable," he added, stressing that "we must allow people to concentrate and peaceful protest.
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Authorities have arrested the writer Loay Hussein, a strong supporter of the protests that are occurring in the south of the country against al-Assad, as reported by an advocacy group Human Rights. In this situation, the United Nations High Commission (UN) Human Rights Rupert Colville, said today he was "very concerned" about the deaths of six people in Syria due to the repression of the protests.
Colville has insisted that it should end the "excessive use of force against peaceful demonstrators." According to this UN agency are six protesters dead since 18 in the town of Dara, where thousands of people protesting to demand greater freedom and an end to corruption after Friday prayers.
"The people have the legitimate right to express their demands to the Government, and urge the Syrian government to open a broad dialogue with the demonstrators content," said Colville. For its part, Amnesty International has added to this concern and today called on Syrian authorities to launch an "independent investigation" of the death of at least six protesters in Deraa.
"These deaths should be promptly and thoroughly investigated and those responsible for unlawful killings should be brought to justice", has claimed the deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa's AI, Philip Luther. "The use of lethal force by Syrian security forces against demonstrators who, by all accounts, they were putting the lives of others in danger is totally unacceptable," he added, stressing that "we must allow people to concentrate and peaceful protest.
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