Rights activists say Syrian army defectors have killed at least 27 soldiers and security force members, while a new report accuses military officials of authorizing the halting of protests by “any means necessary.” The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the deaths occurred during multiple clashes early Thursday in the southern province of Daraa. [...]
Tag: peaceful protesters
December 15, 2011
December 15, 2011
Rights Activists Say 25 Syrians Killed in Attacks
Rights activists said Wednesday’s violence across Syria killed at least 25 people, including eight Syrian troops who died in a retaliatory attack by suspected army defectors. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the defectors ambushed a military convoy traveling through a village near the flashpoint city of Hama. Hours earlier, rights activists [...]
December 14, 2011
Rights Activists: Syrian Forces Kill 5 in Hama
Rights activists say Syrian security forces have opened fire on a car in the restive central province of Hama, killing five people. The activists said the shootings happened Wednesday near the town of Khattab, a day after a surge in deadly violence in Syria. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says loyalist forces killed [...]
November 24, 2011
October 27, 2011
Occupy London: live coverage of St Paul’s protests
2.53pm: At Comment is free, Ana Marie Cox asks why Occupy Wall Street has not generated a figurehead. 2.50pm: My colleague Helen Pidd sends this on Occupy Frankfurt, which is still going strong in Germany’s financial capital. In fact, Frankfurt council today announced it had extended the camp’s permit until 12 November – there was [...]
October 24, 2011
Syria and US withdraw ambassadors
The US has withdrawn its ambassador to Syria over fears for his safety in the face of what officials said was a growing campaign of incitement against him being orchestrated by the regime. The Syrian government quickly ordered home its envoy to Washington, raising the diplomatic stakes. US officials said there had been credible threats [...]
September 28, 2011
New York City police arrest scores at anti-Wall Street protest
September 26, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis New York City police arrest scores at anti-Wall Street protest By Sandy English 26 Sep 2011 On Saturday afternoon, the New York Police Department (NYPD) arrested over 80 peaceful protesters at an anti-Wall Street protest near Union Square in lower Manhattan. This marks a major escalation of police violence [...]
September 27, 2011
How Anonymous emerged to Occupy Wall Street | Ayesha Kazmi
Defying harsh critiques from Stephen Colbert and slews of bloggers who scoffed last week at the “leaderless”, “directionless”, Frisbee-throwing hipsters camping out on cardboard at a random New York City park in the financial district, Occupy Wall Street appears to be gaining ground. From the modest 200 occupiers last week, numbers of protesters rose to [...]