Set them free!!!
“But they will come back to learn, more than others, that the Arab Spring, when it flourishes in Beirut, it would be announcing the time for roses in Damascus” (Samir Kassir, March 4, 2005)
The Arab spring may not have flourished yet in Beirut, but it sure is knocking on the door. And you, Bashar, you know it more than anybody else. You can keep delaying it, you can interrupt it briefly, you can multiply the obstacles, you can jail, torture or kill… but try as you may, you will not be able to stop the process. You will not prevent change.
As fellow blogger R has mentioned in his latest post, the Syrian regime has sentenced to jail six opposition leaders for periods ranging from three to twelve years, in one of the worst crackdowns on civil liberties ever since Bashar came to power in June 2000: Michel Kilo, Mahmoud Issa, Sleiman Shummar, Khalil Hussein, Kamal Labwani and Anwar al-Bunni…adding to the tens of thousands of prisoners of conscience that are still held in Syrian prisons in total violation of the most basic human rights standards.
The Arab spring may not have flourished yet in Beirut, but it sure is knocking on the door. And you, Bashar, you know it more than anybody else. You can keep delaying it, you can interrupt it briefly, you can multiply the obstacles, you can jail, torture or kill… but try as you may, you will not be able to stop the process. You will not prevent change.
As fellow blogger R has mentioned in his latest post, the Syrian regime has sentenced to jail six opposition leaders for periods ranging from three to twelve years, in one of the worst crackdowns on civil liberties ever since Bashar came to power in June 2000: Michel Kilo, Mahmoud Issa, Sleiman Shummar, Khalil Hussein, Kamal Labwani and Anwar al-Bunni…adding to the tens of thousands of prisoners of conscience that are still held in Syrian prisons in total violation of the most basic human rights standards.
posted by M. at 8:40 PM
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I sure hope Samir was right.
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