The opponents of the regime of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad warned that they will continue their 'peaceful revolution' despite the arrest or disappearance of thousands of civilians and the deployment of tanks now in the central city of Homs. "We will continue our revolution and our peaceful demonstrations in Syria until we reach freedom ', said the coordination committee of the anti-government protests in a statement released by various means.
On Wednesday, about 150 students performing in the southern city of Dera one sitting in solidarity with the victims of repression, but were immediately dispersed by the security forces. The warning was launched by opponents despite mass arrests and disappearances, which according to human rights organizations in Syria the figure could exceed eight thousand.
According to Wissam Tarif, executive director of the advocacy organization Human Rights Insan, two thousand 843 people have been arrested in Syria, including 891 in and around Dera, 103 and 108 in Madaya Zabadani, the latter locations northwest of Damascus . In addition, 384 in the region of Damascus, Homs 636 in and around 317 in Latakia, and 37 267 in Jableh in Tartus, the latter three located on the Mediterranean coast.
Tarif said that five thousand 157 names are being checked, four thousand 038 of them in Dera and its surroundings. Amnesty International (AI) yesterday denounced torture and other ill-treatment of detainees in Syria, where the wave of protests against the government intensified during the past weekend.
The organization, based in London, has first-hand accounts of torture and degrading treatment reported by several detainees in Syria, reported Philip Luther, Deputy Programme Director for the Middle East and North Africa's AI. 'Unjustified lethal force, arbitrary detention and torture seem to be desperate actions of a government that tolerates no dissent, and must cease immediately.
The population of Syria should be able to express their requests for change peacefully, "he said. Among those arrested are political and social activists as Omar Qashash, former political prisoner of 85 years, Hassan Abdel Azim, a lawyer belonging to the Democratic Arab Socialist Party, and Abd al Rahman Hamada, 20 year old student and activist brother Wael.
Wael Hamada and his wife, Razan Zaitouneh, human rights activist and prominent human rights lawyer, respectively, have been hidden. AI reported that most detainees are held in unknown locations without access to visits from his family or lawyers, raising fears for their safety. Despite the convictions against the Syrian regime, the army sent tanks on Wednesday about 30 and about 60 trucks with 500-thousand and two thousand soldiers around the city of Homs, scene of clashes between protesters and security forces.
Witnesses said tanks and other armored vehicles were deployed in the northern city of Rastan, about 20 kilometers from Homs. Earlier, President Assad, who took power when his father died in 2000 after having ruled Syria for 30 years, said army units entered the town of Dera on April 25 will end 'very soon' su mission. 
On Wednesday, about 150 students performing in the southern city of Dera one sitting in solidarity with the victims of repression, but were immediately dispersed by the security forces. The warning was launched by opponents despite mass arrests and disappearances, which according to human rights organizations in Syria the figure could exceed eight thousand.
According to Wissam Tarif, executive director of the advocacy organization Human Rights Insan, two thousand 843 people have been arrested in Syria, including 891 in and around Dera, 103 and 108 in Madaya Zabadani, the latter locations northwest of Damascus . In addition, 384 in the region of Damascus, Homs 636 in and around 317 in Latakia, and 37 267 in Jableh in Tartus, the latter three located on the Mediterranean coast.
Tarif said that five thousand 157 names are being checked, four thousand 038 of them in Dera and its surroundings. Amnesty International (AI) yesterday denounced torture and other ill-treatment of detainees in Syria, where the wave of protests against the government intensified during the past weekend.
The organization, based in London, has first-hand accounts of torture and degrading treatment reported by several detainees in Syria, reported Philip Luther, Deputy Programme Director for the Middle East and North Africa's AI. 'Unjustified lethal force, arbitrary detention and torture seem to be desperate actions of a government that tolerates no dissent, and must cease immediately.
The population of Syria should be able to express their requests for change peacefully, "he said. Among those arrested are political and social activists as Omar Qashash, former political prisoner of 85 years, Hassan Abdel Azim, a lawyer belonging to the Democratic Arab Socialist Party, and Abd al Rahman Hamada, 20 year old student and activist brother Wael.
Wael Hamada and his wife, Razan Zaitouneh, human rights activist and prominent human rights lawyer, respectively, have been hidden. AI reported that most detainees are held in unknown locations without access to visits from his family or lawyers, raising fears for their safety. Despite the convictions against the Syrian regime, the army sent tanks on Wednesday about 30 and about 60 trucks with 500-thousand and two thousand soldiers around the city of Homs, scene of clashes between protesters and security forces.
Witnesses said tanks and other armored vehicles were deployed in the northern city of Rastan, about 20 kilometers from Homs. Earlier, President Assad, who took power when his father died in 2000 after having ruled Syria for 30 years, said army units entered the town of Dera on April 25 will end 'very soon' su mission.
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