Hundreds of Syrians arrested in recent days security forces have been accused of "damage the prestige of the state", a charge punishable by three years in prison, said Tuesday the Observatory of Human Rights in Syria. "Mass arrests continued throughout the country in violation of human rights and international conventions," said the director of the independent, Rami Abdelrahman.
Other NGOs report that many young adult men were severely beaten as part of the raids which also affect women, teens and seniors. An activist of human rights in Homs fears "attack" against Talbisseh and Rastan, two strongholds of protest, citing fifty army tanks have taken position on the motorway Homs-Hama.
The number of arrests was estimated at over 1000 just three days, including Deraa, according to the National Organization for Human Rights (NOHR), for which security services have transformed Syria "a big prison." The organization of human rights Insan has given her the figure of 2 843 people arrested last month and a half and still held, and 632 deaths, mostly in Deraa.
Amnesty International spoke of 542 dead, a figure that could be it believes higher. The NGO, based in London, has also denounced the torture suffered by demonstrators arrested. The campaign of arrests in recent days appear intended to prevent new protests Friday, the day of prayers and only time that the Syrians are allowed to congregate en masse, even if the police have prevented thousands of people to visit the mosques last week.
A week after an assault against Deraa, the cradle of protest in the south, the security forces were deployed Tuesday in the coastal town of Baniyas, taking control of a new urban center where protesters reject the plan Bachard of Al-Assad. A thousand people have marched through the neighborhood, however, a Sunni town south of the main market, carrying bread to symbolize their solidarity with the inhabitants of Dera, said a rights activist who provided photos of the event.
A small student demonstration took place at the University of Aleppo, and several thousand people demonstrated in Kamichli in the mainly Kurdish east of the country. While the regime accused of "armed criminal gangs" or "terrorist groups" of being behind the violence since mid-March, a YouTube video shows protesters gathered Monday at Baniyas and wearing pink to mark the peaceful nature of their claims.
However, this video could not be independently authenticated. 
Other NGOs report that many young adult men were severely beaten as part of the raids which also affect women, teens and seniors. An activist of human rights in Homs fears "attack" against Talbisseh and Rastan, two strongholds of protest, citing fifty army tanks have taken position on the motorway Homs-Hama.
The number of arrests was estimated at over 1000 just three days, including Deraa, according to the National Organization for Human Rights (NOHR), for which security services have transformed Syria "a big prison." The organization of human rights Insan has given her the figure of 2 843 people arrested last month and a half and still held, and 632 deaths, mostly in Deraa.
Amnesty International spoke of 542 dead, a figure that could be it believes higher. The NGO, based in London, has also denounced the torture suffered by demonstrators arrested. The campaign of arrests in recent days appear intended to prevent new protests Friday, the day of prayers and only time that the Syrians are allowed to congregate en masse, even if the police have prevented thousands of people to visit the mosques last week.
A week after an assault against Deraa, the cradle of protest in the south, the security forces were deployed Tuesday in the coastal town of Baniyas, taking control of a new urban center where protesters reject the plan Bachard of Al-Assad. A thousand people have marched through the neighborhood, however, a Sunni town south of the main market, carrying bread to symbolize their solidarity with the inhabitants of Dera, said a rights activist who provided photos of the event.
A small student demonstration took place at the University of Aleppo, and several thousand people demonstrated in Kamichli in the mainly Kurdish east of the country. While the regime accused of "armed criminal gangs" or "terrorist groups" of being behind the violence since mid-March, a YouTube video shows protesters gathered Monday at Baniyas and wearing pink to mark the peaceful nature of their claims.
However, this video could not be independently authenticated.
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