Syrian security forces on Tuesday raided a village near the coastal city of Banias, as activists, in an operation that seeks to quell the protests that spread across the country challenging President Bashar Assad. The activists said the secret police and soldiers surrounded the town of Baida, about 10 miles south of Banias, besieged since Sunday after several protests and an attack by irregular forces loyal to Asad against people who protect a Sunni mosque.
Hundreds of people have been arrested in Baida, where security forces have carried out investigations. In addition, several people were detained also Banias, a nearby town, said on Wednesday a militant of the Rights of Man. Rami Abdel Rahmane, president of the Syrian Observatory for the Rights of Man, said that "hundreds" of people had been arrested yesterday "after investigations by security forces Baida.
"More than 5,000 women are concentrated Wednesday on the coastal road that goes from Tartus to Banias to demand their release," added the militant who is in London. He has also stated that the police opened fire on its inhabitants. Demonstrated in the road between Damascus and Latakia, and the security forces began to "shoot to scare," said a witness who declined to be identified for security reasons.
He said the objective of the police was "probably the arrest of al-Chuhri Anas, one of the leaders of the protest movement. Chuhri stated that law enforcement and the military besieged Banias. There were numerous arrests. "Dozens of people were arrested in Bani, a city that suffers a shortage of food shortages, as businesses have closed, has indicated Rahmane.
According to him, "a delegation of Syrian leaders will be presented Wednesday at Banias to hear the requests of the inhabitants of this city." The protest movement has also begun in Aleppo. For the first time since the start of the protests on March 15, nearly 500 students rallied Wednesday in the Faculty of Arts of this town in northern Syria, in favor of freedom, said a rights activist human.
"Police forcibly dispersed the demonstration by students in favor of freedom, which expressed solidarity with the victims of Dera and Banias," said Radif Mustafa, President of the Kurdish Human Rights Commission. "The security forces and students have come to blows. Four students were arrested," said the activist.
Syria is experiencing a difficult time since 15 March. The crackdown on demonstrators has thirty dead between Friday 8 April and Sunday 10th of that month. Syria is the last Arab country shaken by uprisings against authoritarian governments, but the size of the protests have not reached the levels seen in Tunisia and Egypt, where presidents were overthrown.
In the capital Damascus and Aleppo, the second largest city, there have been no mass protests. The main Syrian human rights movement said the number of deaths during protests reached 200 and urged the Arab League to impose sanctions against Assad. "The uprising in Syria is crying 200 martyrs, hundreds injured and a similar number of arrests," said the Damascus Declaration group in a letter sent Monday to Secretary General of the Arab League.
"We ask you (...) impose political sanctions, diplomatic and economic ties to the Syrian regime, which remains the loyal guardian of the legacy of Assad," the letter said in reference to the authoritarian government of the president's father, who ruled for 30 years until his death in 2000.
Human Rights Watch said 27 people were killed in Dera, accusing Syrian security forces to prevent the movement of protesters injured to hospitals and medical teams access to victims in two locations. The White House spokesman, Jay Carney, said the United States is deeply concerned by reports that are being denied medical care to the wounded.
"The crackdown on the rise of the Syrian Government is appalling and the United States strongly condemns the continued efforts to suppress peaceful demonstrators," said Carney. 
Hundreds of people have been arrested in Baida, where security forces have carried out investigations. In addition, several people were detained also Banias, a nearby town, said on Wednesday a militant of the Rights of Man. Rami Abdel Rahmane, president of the Syrian Observatory for the Rights of Man, said that "hundreds" of people had been arrested yesterday "after investigations by security forces Baida.
"More than 5,000 women are concentrated Wednesday on the coastal road that goes from Tartus to Banias to demand their release," added the militant who is in London. He has also stated that the police opened fire on its inhabitants. Demonstrated in the road between Damascus and Latakia, and the security forces began to "shoot to scare," said a witness who declined to be identified for security reasons.
He said the objective of the police was "probably the arrest of al-Chuhri Anas, one of the leaders of the protest movement. Chuhri stated that law enforcement and the military besieged Banias. There were numerous arrests. "Dozens of people were arrested in Bani, a city that suffers a shortage of food shortages, as businesses have closed, has indicated Rahmane.
According to him, "a delegation of Syrian leaders will be presented Wednesday at Banias to hear the requests of the inhabitants of this city." The protest movement has also begun in Aleppo. For the first time since the start of the protests on March 15, nearly 500 students rallied Wednesday in the Faculty of Arts of this town in northern Syria, in favor of freedom, said a rights activist human.
"Police forcibly dispersed the demonstration by students in favor of freedom, which expressed solidarity with the victims of Dera and Banias," said Radif Mustafa, President of the Kurdish Human Rights Commission. "The security forces and students have come to blows. Four students were arrested," said the activist.
Syria is experiencing a difficult time since 15 March. The crackdown on demonstrators has thirty dead between Friday 8 April and Sunday 10th of that month. Syria is the last Arab country shaken by uprisings against authoritarian governments, but the size of the protests have not reached the levels seen in Tunisia and Egypt, where presidents were overthrown.
In the capital Damascus and Aleppo, the second largest city, there have been no mass protests. The main Syrian human rights movement said the number of deaths during protests reached 200 and urged the Arab League to impose sanctions against Assad. "The uprising in Syria is crying 200 martyrs, hundreds injured and a similar number of arrests," said the Damascus Declaration group in a letter sent Monday to Secretary General of the Arab League.
"We ask you (...) impose political sanctions, diplomatic and economic ties to the Syrian regime, which remains the loyal guardian of the legacy of Assad," the letter said in reference to the authoritarian government of the president's father, who ruled for 30 years until his death in 2000.
Human Rights Watch said 27 people were killed in Dera, accusing Syrian security forces to prevent the movement of protesters injured to hospitals and medical teams access to victims in two locations. The White House spokesman, Jay Carney, said the United States is deeply concerned by reports that are being denied medical care to the wounded.
"The crackdown on the rise of the Syrian Government is appalling and the United States strongly condemns the continued efforts to suppress peaceful demonstrators," said Carney.
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