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Protesters break into Syrian embassy in Vienna

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Eleven people were arrested in Vienna on Saturday after they broke into a building housing the Syrian embassy and consulate, a police spokeswoman said.

Around 20 people had been taking part in an anti-Syrian government demonstration in the early hours.

“Some people broke through the door into the embassy building,” the spokeswoman said. No one was injured.

Large political protests are generally rare in Vienna, but there have been several small anti-Syrian government protests in the past months.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has sent troops and tanks to crush protests against him that erupted in March. He has ended a state of emergency and promised a parliamentary election in February.

Reuters

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5 responses to “Protesters break into Syrian embassy in Vienna”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Well there you go … in Syria the state sponsors the attacks on Embassies, and in Vienna the attackers get arrested.

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    Anonymous

    Well the you go … in Syria the state sponsors the attacks on Embassies, and in Vienna the attackers get arrested.

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    5thDrawer

    October 03, 2011 02:20 AM

    The Daily Star

    TRIPOLI, Lebanon: A gathering of Islamist groups urged Lebanese authorities Sunday to end their “repressive” practices against its members who are supporting Syria’s uprising, promising not to be deterred by such measures.

    In a statement issued during a news conference at Hizb Ut-Tahrir’s headquarters in Tripoli, the groups said that Lebanese authorities have prevented and sometimes arrested people taking part in demonstrations in support of Syrian protests.

    “Some people were arrested,” said Sheikh Adnan Mezian. “They were referred to the military judiciary despite being civilians and some are still in prison without trial.”

    Besides Hizb Ut-Tahrir, the Beirut-based Association of Islamic Unity, the Association of Islamic Reform in Tripoli and other small groups, along with a number of sheikhs, took part in a meeting prior to the news conference.

    The statement said that some “prominent” figures from Islamist movements have been summoned for questioning by the military judiciary.

    The groups called on authorities to halt such acts against people who oppose the Syrian regime and who reflect public opinion by sympathizing with the oppressed people of Syria.

    “The Islamist committees in Lebanon promise … brothers in Syria that they will not go back on supporting them … politically, popularly and via media,” Mezian said.

    Ahmad Qasas, Hizb Ut-Tahrir’s media official, told The Daily Star that Imad Munla, a party member and a resident of Beirut, was arrested by authorities after they had found leaflets in his cars that were critical of recent remarks about the unrest in Syria made by Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai.

    According to Qasas, Munla was accused of insulting the military when he criticized it for preventing a demonstration planned by Hizb Ut-Tahrir near the Syrian-Lebanese border in August.

    “He has been held for 16 days without trial,” Qasas said.

    A judicial source told The Daily Star that Munla had “strongly resisted” when the Lebanese Army personnel detained him and described its personnel as “infidels” and collaborators with the Syrian army, adding that Munla would face trial on these charges.

    Three young members of Hizb Ut-Tahrir from Tripoli were also detained on the same charges but later released, said Qasas.

    TRIPOLI / SIDON, Lebanon:

     Hundreds of Lebanese staged sit-ins after Friday prayers in north and south Lebanon to denounce the crackdown on protesters in Syria, demanding the ouster of President Bashar Assad.

    More than 1,000 people, joined by Sunni and Salafist religious leaders, gathered in the Tal area in central Tripoli following afternoon prayers in response to a call issued by the “Ulama Gathering in Lebanon,” a coalition of Sunni Muslim and Salafist religious leaders in north Lebanon.

    In a statement, the gathering called on the Lebanese government and other Arab and Muslim governments to withdraw their ambassadors from Damascus and expel Syria’s ambassadors.

    Criticizing the Russian and Chinese veto of a Western-backed resolution at the U.N. Security Council that would have imposed new sanctions on Syria, the statement called on the peoples in the world in general, and the Muslim world in particular, to boycott Russian and Chinese products.

    The protesters, carrying placards supporting the Syrian people and denouncing the “massacres against the innocent,” came from various areas and began gathering before 4 p.m. They chanted slogans against Assad and hanged an effigy of the Syrian president and threw their shoes at it before setting it on fire.

    Addressing the crowd, Sheikh Dai Islam Shahhal, founder of the Salafist movement in Lebanon, called on Arab states to take steps to rescue “the oppressed people [in Syria] and put an end to the injustice and suppression inflicted on them … I tell our people in Syria, victory is near. You have been abandoned by those near and far, but Almighty God is with you.”

    Denouncing “tricks” by Assad’s government, Shahhal asked: “How can there be a dialogue with tanks, assassinations, displacement, lootings, setting houses on fire and the shelling of minarets?”

    Sheikh Abdel-Razzaq Masri from the Awakening Ulama Committee said after God freed them from fear, “the Syrian people have decided to get rid of the tyrannical regime which has dominated them for 40 years.”

    “The people want to topple the regime and execute Bashar,” he said.

    The three-hour sit-in, escorted by Lebanese troops and security forces, ended peacefully at 7 p.m.

    A similar sit-in in support of the Syrian and Yemeni peoples was held in Sidon after Friday prayers. Held under the motto: “Stop injustice and killings in Syria and Yemen,” the sit-in, drawing about 900 people outside Bilal bin Rabah Mosque east of Sidon, was the biggest since protests in support of the Syrian people began in the city two months ago.

    The protesters shouted slogans against Assad and called for the downfall of the regimes in Syria and Yemen.

    Addressing the crowd, the mosque’s imam Sheikh Ahmad Asir said: “I say to Syria’s tyrant: Don’t be very happy with the oppressors’ standing by your side.”

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    Anonymous

    October 03, 2011 02:20 AM

    The Daily Star

    TRIPOLI, Lebanon: A gathering of Islamist groups urged Lebanese authorities Sunday to end their “repressive” practices against its members who are supporting Syria’s uprising, promising not to be deterred by such measures.

    In a statement issued during a news conference at Hizb Ut-Tahrir’s headquarters in Tripoli, the groups said that Lebanese authorities have prevented and sometimes arrested people taking part in demonstrations in support of Syrian protests.

    “Some people were arrested,” said Sheikh Adnan Mezian. “They were referred to the military judiciary despite being civilians and some are still in prison without trial.”

    Besides Hizb Ut-Tahrir, the Beirut-based Association of Islamic Unity, the Association of Islamic Reform in Tripoli and other small groups, along with a number of sheikhs, took part in a meeting prior to the news conference.

    The statement said that some “prominent” figures from Islamist movements have been summoned for questioning by the military judiciary.

    The groups called on authorities to halt such acts against people who oppose the Syrian regime and who reflect public opinion by sympathizing with the oppressed people of Syria.

    “The Islamist committees in Lebanon promise … brothers in Syria that they will not go back on supporting them … politically, popularly and via media,” Mezian said.

    Ahmad Qasas, Hizb Ut-Tahrir’s media official, told The Daily Star that Imad Munla, a party member and a resident of Beirut, was arrested by authorities after they had found leaflets in his cars that were critical of recent remarks about the unrest in Syria made by Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai.

    According to Qasas, Munla was accused of insulting the military when he criticized it for preventing a demonstration planned by Hizb Ut-Tahrir near the Syrian-Lebanese border in August.

    “He has been held for 16 days without trial,” Qasas said.

    A judicial source told The Daily Star that Munla had “strongly resisted” when the Lebanese Army personnel detained him and described its personnel as “infidels” and collaborators with the Syrian army, adding that Munla would face trial on these charges.

    Three young members of Hizb Ut-Tahrir from Tripoli were also detained on the same charges but later released, said Qasas.

    TRIPOLI / SIDON, Lebanon:

     Hundreds of Lebanese staged sit-ins after Friday prayers in north and south Lebanon to denounce the crackdown on protesters in Syria, demanding the ouster of President Bashar Assad.

    More than 1,000 people, joined by Sunni and Salafist religious leaders, gathered in the Tal area in central Tripoli following afternoon prayers in response to a call issued by the “Ulama Gathering in Lebanon,” a coalition of Sunni Muslim and Salafist religious leaders in north Lebanon.

    In a statement, the gathering called on the Lebanese government and other Arab and Muslim governments to withdraw their ambassadors from Damascus and expel Syria’s ambassadors.

    Criticizing the Russian and Chinese veto of a Western-backed resolution at the U.N. Security Council that would have imposed new sanctions on Syria, the statement called on the peoples in the world in general, and the Muslim world in particular, to boycott Russian and Chinese products.

    The protesters, carrying placards supporting the Syrian people and denouncing the “massacres against the innocent,” came from various areas and began gathering before 4 p.m. They chanted slogans against Assad and hanged an effigy of the Syrian president and threw their shoes at it before setting it on fire.

    Addressing the crowd, Sheikh Dai Islam Shahhal, founder of the Salafist movement in Lebanon, called on Arab states to take steps to rescue “the oppressed people [in Syria] and put an end to the injustice and suppression inflicted on them … I tell our people in Syria, victory is near. You have been abandoned by those near and far, but Almighty God is with you.”

    Denouncing “tricks” by Assad’s government, Shahhal asked: “How can there be a dialogue with tanks, assassinations, displacement, lootings, setting houses on fire and the shelling of minarets?”

    Sheikh Abdel-Razzaq Masri from the Awakening Ulama Committee said after God freed them from fear, “the Syrian people have decided to get rid of the tyrannical regime which has dominated them for 40 years.”

    “The people want to topple the regime and execute Bashar,” he said.

    The three-hour sit-in, escorted by Lebanese troops and security forces, ended peacefully at 7 p.m.

    A similar sit-in in support of the Syrian and Yemeni peoples was held in Sidon after Friday prayers. Held under the motto: “Stop injustice and killings in Syria and Yemen,” the sit-in, drawing about 900 people outside Bilal bin Rabah Mosque east of Sidon, was the biggest since protests in support of the Syrian people began in the city two months ago.

    The protesters shouted slogans against Assad and called for the downfall of the regimes in Syria and Yemen.

    Addressing the crowd, the mosque’s imam Sheikh Ahmad Asir said: “I say to Syria’s tyrant: Don’t be very happy with the oppressors’ standing by your side.”

  5. Avatar
    Anonymous

    October 03, 2011 02:20 AM

    The Daily Star

    TRIPOLI, Lebanon: A gathering of Islamist groups urged Lebanese authorities Sunday to end their “repressive” practices against its members who are supporting Syria’s uprising, promising not to be deterred by such measures.

    In a statement issued during a news conference at Hizb Ut-Tahrir’s headquarters in Tripoli, the groups said that Lebanese authorities have prevented and sometimes arrested people taking part in demonstrations in support of Syrian protests.

    “Some people were arrested,” said Sheikh Adnan Mezian. “They were referred to the military judiciary despite being civilians and some are still in prison without trial.”

    Besides Hizb Ut-Tahrir, the Beirut-based Association of Islamic Unity, the Association of Islamic Reform in Tripoli and other small groups, along with a number of sheikhs, took part in a meeting prior to the news conference.

    The statement said that some “prominent” figures from Islamist movements have been summoned for questioning by the military judiciary.

    The groups called on authorities to halt such acts against people who oppose the Syrian regime and who reflect public opinion by sympathizing with the oppressed people of Syria.

    “The Islamist committees in Lebanon promise … brothers in Syria that they will not go back on supporting them … politically, popularly and via media,” Mezian said.

    Ahmad Qasas, Hizb Ut-Tahrir’s media official, told The Daily Star that Imad Munla, a party member and a resident of Beirut, was arrested by authorities after they had found leaflets in his cars that were critical of recent remarks about the unrest in Syria made by Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai.

    According to Qasas, Munla was accused of insulting the military when he criticized it for preventing a demonstration planned by Hizb Ut-Tahrir near the Syrian-Lebanese border in August.

    “He has been held for 16 days without trial,” Qasas said.

    A judicial source told The Daily Star that Munla had “strongly resisted” when the Lebanese Army personnel detained him and described its personnel as “infidels” and collaborators with the Syrian army, adding that Munla would face trial on these charges.

    Three young members of Hizb Ut-Tahrir from Tripoli were also detained on the same charges but later released, said Qasas.

    TRIPOLI / SIDON, Lebanon:

     Hundreds of Lebanese staged sit-ins after Friday prayers in north and south Lebanon to denounce the crackdown on protesters in Syria, demanding the ouster of President Bashar Assad.

    More than 1,000 people, joined by Sunni and Salafist religious leaders, gathered in the Tal area in central Tripoli following afternoon prayers in response to a call issued by the “Ulama Gathering in Lebanon,” a coalition of Sunni Muslim and Salafist religious leaders in north Lebanon.

    In a statement, the gathering called on the Lebanese government and other Arab and Muslim governments to withdraw their ambassadors from Damascus and expel Syria’s ambassadors.

    Criticizing the Russian and Chinese veto of a Western-backed resolution at the U.N. Security Council that would have imposed new sanctions on Syria, the statement called on the peoples in the world in general, and the Muslim world in particular, to boycott Russian and Chinese products.

    The protesters, carrying placards supporting the Syrian people and denouncing the “massacres against the innocent,” came from various areas and began gathering before 4 p.m. They chanted slogans against Assad and hanged an effigy of the Syrian president and threw their shoes at it before setting it on fire.

    Addressing the crowd, Sheikh Dai Islam Shahhal, founder of the Salafist movement in Lebanon, called on Arab states to take steps to rescue “the oppressed people [in Syria] and put an end to the injustice and suppression inflicted on them … I tell our people in Syria, victory is near. You have been abandoned by those near and far, but Almighty God is with you.”

    Denouncing “tricks” by Assad’s government, Shahhal asked: “How can there be a dialogue with tanks, assassinations, displacement, lootings, setting houses on fire and the shelling of minarets?”

    Sheikh Abdel-Razzaq Masri from the Awakening Ulama Committee said after God freed them from fear, “the Syrian people have decided to get rid of the tyrannical regime which has dominated them for 40 years.”

    “The people want to topple the regime and execute Bashar,” he said.

    The three-hour sit-in, escorted by Lebanese troops and security forces, ended peacefully at 7 p.m.

    A similar sit-in in support of the Syrian and Yemeni peoples was held in Sidon after Friday prayers. Held under the motto: “Stop injustice and killings in Syria and Yemen,” the sit-in, drawing about 900 people outside Bilal bin Rabah Mosque east of Sidon, was the biggest since protests in support of the Syrian people began in the city two months ago.

    The protesters shouted slogans against Assad and called for the downfall of the regimes in Syria and Yemen.

    Addressing the crowd, the mosque’s imam Sheikh Ahmad Asir said: “I say to Syria’s tyrant: Don’t be very happy with the oppressors’ standing by your side.”

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