A day after Syrian President Bashar Assad finally put date to lift emergency law, the protesters have gone out into the streets to demand freedom. In the city of Suweida, south of the country have taken the conclusion of the so-called "Evacuation Day" which commemorates the departure of the French soldiers last 65 years and the proclamation of Syrian independence.
Asad's followers were also present to show their loyalty to the president. Five people were injured during the dispersal of the protest, attended by about 400 people, according to opponents. In the afternoon, some 2,000 people in Duma, 15 km north of Damascus, have staged a sit-in to demand the release of demonstrators who were arrested on Saturday, said the president of the League of Syrian Human Rights, Abdel Karim Rihaoui.
The official news agency SANA also reported that 2,000 protesters had gathered in Deraa (south), chanting for freedom and the repeal of emergency law. In addition, the second city of Syria, Aleppo, several hundred people chanting "the people want freedom" in the tomb of Ibrahim Hananu independence leader, a human rights activist.
Moreover, this Sunday has been known that the Syrian customs with Iraq have intercepted weapons and ammunition hidden in a truck coming from that country. Also recently been seized weapons at the borders with Turkey and Lebanon. Assad has promised to remove the emergency law, but so far has not coped with the demands of the protesters to stop the pervasive security apparatus in Syria and dismantle its system of authority.
"God, Syria, freedom, that's all," chanted hundreds of protesters in the crowd. They also chanted "no fear" and slogans of support for the city of Dera, where the protests that erupted a month ago and has seen the most bloodshed. Human rights groups say more than 200 people have been killed since demonstrations erupted on 18 March Deraa.
"This is a step that is not enough, must be accompanied by a reform of the judiciary is corrupt," said Syrian lawyer and human rights defender Haitham Maleh. "The intervention of the security services in the life of the people must stop," said the representative of the personality of the civil society, who was arrested in October 2009 and released last month.
Demanded the release of all political prisoners of conscience. 
Asad's followers were also present to show their loyalty to the president. Five people were injured during the dispersal of the protest, attended by about 400 people, according to opponents. In the afternoon, some 2,000 people in Duma, 15 km north of Damascus, have staged a sit-in to demand the release of demonstrators who were arrested on Saturday, said the president of the League of Syrian Human Rights, Abdel Karim Rihaoui.
The official news agency SANA also reported that 2,000 protesters had gathered in Deraa (south), chanting for freedom and the repeal of emergency law. In addition, the second city of Syria, Aleppo, several hundred people chanting "the people want freedom" in the tomb of Ibrahim Hananu independence leader, a human rights activist.
Moreover, this Sunday has been known that the Syrian customs with Iraq have intercepted weapons and ammunition hidden in a truck coming from that country. Also recently been seized weapons at the borders with Turkey and Lebanon. Assad has promised to remove the emergency law, but so far has not coped with the demands of the protesters to stop the pervasive security apparatus in Syria and dismantle its system of authority.
"God, Syria, freedom, that's all," chanted hundreds of protesters in the crowd. They also chanted "no fear" and slogans of support for the city of Dera, where the protests that erupted a month ago and has seen the most bloodshed. Human rights groups say more than 200 people have been killed since demonstrations erupted on 18 March Deraa.
"This is a step that is not enough, must be accompanied by a reform of the judiciary is corrupt," said Syrian lawyer and human rights defender Haitham Maleh. "The intervention of the security services in the life of the people must stop," said the representative of the personality of the civil society, who was arrested in October 2009 and released last month.
Demanded the release of all political prisoners of conscience.
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