Douze manifestants tués par les forces de l’ordre

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23.04.11 à 13h36 — Mis à jour le 23.04.11 à 17h54

Les forces de sécurité syriennes ont tué samedi au moins 12 civils en marge des obsèques de manifestants abattus la veille, rapporte l’organisation de défense des droits de l’homme syrienne Saouassiah.

D’après cette ONG indépendante, les décès se sont produits à Damas et ses environs ainsi que près de la localité d’Izra’a, dans le sud du pays.

Tirs contre la foule

Dans le quartier damascène de Barzeh, la police a tué trois personnes, selon les membres de l’ONG.

Aux abords de la localité d’Izra’a, dans le sud de la Syrie, les forces de l’ordre ont tiré sur des personnes pour les empêcher d’assister aux obsèques de dizaines de personnes tuées la veille, ont rapporté d’autres témoins. On déplore là-aussi trois morts, d’après ces témoignages.

«Des tirs nourris nous ont accueillis à l’approche d’Izra’a où nous voulions assister aux funérailles des martyrs», a déclaré à l’agence Reuters un témoin habitant Deraa.

Les imams ont lancé par l’intermédiaire des haut-parleurs de la mosquée des appels aux médecins présents pour qu’ils se portent au chevet des blessés.

Le ministre des Affaires étrangères, Alain Juppé, a vivement condamné samedi des violences «aveugles et brutales». Lire la suite …

120 dead after unrest in Syria

UKPA

24 04 2011

Syrian security forces have fired on funeral processions that drew tens of thousands of people on Saturday, one day after the bloodiest crackdown so far in the uprising against president Bashar Assad.

The shootings pushed the two-day death toll to more than 120 and two politicians and a religious leader resigned in disgust over the killings.

The resignations were a possible sign of cracks developing in the regime’s base in a nation where nearly all opposition figures have been either jailed or exiled during the 40-year dynasty of the Assad family.

« I cannot tolerate the blood of our innocent sons and children being shed, » Sheikh Rizq Abdul-Rahim Abazeid said after stepping down from his post as the mufti of the Daraa region in southern Syria.

The politicians, Nasser Hariri and Khalil Rifai, also are from Daraa, which has become the epicentre of the protest movement after a group of teenagers were arrested there for scrawling anti-regime graffiti on a wall in mid-March.

Since then, the relentless crackdown on demonstrations has only served to invigorate protesters whose rage over the bloodshed has all but eclipsed their earlier demands for modest reforms. Now, many are seeking Assad’s downfall.

Each Friday, growing numbers of people in cities across the country have taken to the streets despite swift attacks from security forces and shadowy pro-government gunmen known as « shabiha ». Read more…

Mourners fired on; 120 dead in 2 days

ASSOCIATED PRESS

24 04 2011

BEIRUT — Syrian security forces fired at tens of thousands of people joining funeral processions Saturday after the bloodiest day of the monthlong uprising against President Bashar Assad, bringing the death toll from two days of violence to more than 120 and prompting two lawmakers and a local religious leader to resign in disgust over the killings.

Ammar Qurabi, head of Syria’s National Organization for Human Rights, said 112 people were killed Friday and at least 11 died Saturday.

The resignations were a possible sign of cracks developing in the regime’s base in a nation where nearly all opposition figures have been either jailed or exiled during the 40-year dynasty of the Assad family. Read more…

~ par Alain Bertho sur 24 avril 2011.

Publié dans émeutes, riots, الشغب