Nearly two months after the start of the protest, repression continues in Syria. Nineteen civilians including a child, were killed Wednesday in parts of Deraa (South) and Homs (Central), outbreaks of protest against the Syrian regime, said Wednesday the chief of the National Organization of Human man, Ammar Qourabi.
According to the Syrian opposition, "13 people, including an 8 year old child, were killed by sniper fire at Al-Harra, a village in the western region Deraa. Among the dead also included a nurse came to rescue the wounded, he added. A fourteenth person died in the neighboring town of Jassem.
Security forces have also conducted searches in villages and Jassem Al-Harra, and in the village of Enkhel, the source said. Baniyas, a city northwest of the country, is itself surrounded. The army continues to "search for leaders of the demonstrations that have not yet been arrested," said Rami Abdel Rahman, president of the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights in London.
"A tank was stationed since Tuesday evening in the square where the protests are organized," he said. Among the 450 people arrested since Saturday in Baniyas, 270 have been released. They described being 'violently beaten and insulted, "the source said. "They have signed statements to not show," said the activist.
"This election became a referendum on the violent repression of protesters against Syria, and Syria withdrew rather than suffer a stinging defeat," said Peggy Hicks, the association's rights Human Human Rights Watch. "The refusal of member states of the Asia give sufficient support to a country that is killing its own people and whose record on human rights is deplorable is common sense," said the U.S.
ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice. The French Ambassador for Human Rights, Francois Zimeray, has meanwhile estimated that Syria's candidacy was "indecent, offensive to human rights, a provocation." In addition, a commission was responsible for drafting the next two weeks a new electoral law in line with international standards, "said Wednesday the agency SANA, while the holding of free elections is a requirement of protest movement.
"The commission will review the laws in force in other countries and will contact specialists," said Vice-Minister for Justice, Najm Al-Ahmad, who was appointed chairman of the commission. "Our goal is to develop an electoral law similar to the best laws in the world," he said. Demonstrations against the regime of President Bashar Al-Assad, in power since 2000, erupted March 18 in Dera, in southern Syria, then spread throughout the country. 
According to the Syrian opposition, "13 people, including an 8 year old child, were killed by sniper fire at Al-Harra, a village in the western region Deraa. Among the dead also included a nurse came to rescue the wounded, he added. A fourteenth person died in the neighboring town of Jassem.
Security forces have also conducted searches in villages and Jassem Al-Harra, and in the village of Enkhel, the source said. Baniyas, a city northwest of the country, is itself surrounded. The army continues to "search for leaders of the demonstrations that have not yet been arrested," said Rami Abdel Rahman, president of the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights in London.
"A tank was stationed since Tuesday evening in the square where the protests are organized," he said. Among the 450 people arrested since Saturday in Baniyas, 270 have been released. They described being 'violently beaten and insulted, "the source said. "They have signed statements to not show," said the activist.
"This election became a referendum on the violent repression of protesters against Syria, and Syria withdrew rather than suffer a stinging defeat," said Peggy Hicks, the association's rights Human Human Rights Watch. "The refusal of member states of the Asia give sufficient support to a country that is killing its own people and whose record on human rights is deplorable is common sense," said the U.S.
ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice. The French Ambassador for Human Rights, Francois Zimeray, has meanwhile estimated that Syria's candidacy was "indecent, offensive to human rights, a provocation." In addition, a commission was responsible for drafting the next two weeks a new electoral law in line with international standards, "said Wednesday the agency SANA, while the holding of free elections is a requirement of protest movement.
"The commission will review the laws in force in other countries and will contact specialists," said Vice-Minister for Justice, Najm Al-Ahmad, who was appointed chairman of the commission. "Our goal is to develop an electoral law similar to the best laws in the world," he said. Demonstrations against the regime of President Bashar Al-Assad, in power since 2000, erupted March 18 in Dera, in southern Syria, then spread throughout the country.
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