Syria arrests a leading activist

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Syrian authorities have arrested leading rights activist Mazen Darwish, an outspoken critic of Syria’s record on freedom of expression, a rights group said on Thursday.

Darwish, who took part in a protest to demand the release of political prisoners last week, was arrested after he was called in for questioning by security police on Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Other development in Syria

– Syrian authorities have said they will “study” ending an emergency law in place since 1963 and improving living standards amid growing unrest in the country.

Buthaina Shaaban, media adviser to President Bashar al-Assad, announced at an extraordinary briefing in Damascus the formation of a committee to seek improving living standards.

She said the committee will also analyze the scrapping of the 48-year-old emergency law governing the country.

Shaaban said the government will look into licensing political parties. The announcement after a week of deadly protests in the southern city of Daraa.

Shaaban admitted that the protesters’ demands were “justified.

– The Syrian Revolution 2011 called on Facebook for a nationwide protest on Friday March 25 . It called Friday the Day of Dignity.

This comes after the many questions that have been raised about the reluctance of other cities in joining the Daraa protests

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8 responses to “Syria arrests a leading activist”

  1. lebsyrian Avatar
    lebsyrian

    Shaabaan if the calls for protest are justified as you said… Why the f$&@ havent you done something about it yet? And why does anyone that opposes dissapear?

    1. Constantin7 Avatar
      Constantin7

      Your comment makes me laugh Lebsyrian: The man did not do anything about it and they caught him and put him in jail, imagine if he had said anything he would be dead by now. Remember you’re not in America, this is Syria, where donkeys even get jailed if they witnessed a crime and did not confess….lollllllll

  2. lebsyrian Avatar
    lebsyrian

    Shaabaan if the calls for protest are justified as you said… Why the f$&@ havent you done something about it yet? And why does anyone that opposes dissapear?

    1. Constantin7 Avatar
      Constantin7

      Your comment makes me laugh Lebsyrian: The man did not do anything about it and they caught him and put him in jail, imagine if he had said anything he would be dead by now. Remember you’re not in America, this is Syria, where donkeys even get jailed if they witnessed a crime and did not confess….lollllllll

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    Anonymous

    Shaabaan if the calls for protest are justified as you said… Why the f$&@ havent you done something about it yet? And why does anyone that opposes dissapear?

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      Anonymous

      Your comment makes me laugh Lebsyrian: The man did not do anything about it and they caught him and put him in jail, imagine if he had said anything he would be dead by now. Remember you’re not in America, this is Syria, where donkeys even get jailed if they witnessed a crime and did not confess….lollllllll

  4. leb_expatriate Avatar
    leb_expatriate

    This isn’t a solution. Governments have to be responsive and accountable to their people all the time not only when the people have had enough and they start protesting.

    The problem with dictatorships is that they become lazy over time and stop working proactively for the benefit of their people.

    Who gave the Baath party the prerogative to license or not other political parties? This is the right of the people not a self imposed government.

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    Anonymous

    This isn’t a solution. Governments have to be responsive and accountable to their people all the time not only when the people have had enough and they start protesting.

    The problem with dictatorships is that they become lazy over time and stop working proactively for the benefit of their people.

    Who gave the Baath party the prerogative to license or not other political parties? This is the right of the people not a self imposed government.

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