I saw them drag him brutally, two men held him under the arms to drag away from the place Marjeh [center of Damascus], while a third gave him a kick. Arrived near a power pole on the sidewalk, they have him hit his head against the post. "A witness tells what processes the security services were restricted to great intellectual Syrian Tayeb Tizin dispersing a peaceful rally to call family political prisoners that resulted in the arrest of dozens of demonstrators.
"The most dangerous' of them was a child of ten years, to demand his return, brandishing portraits of his mother owned. Tizin was then also arrested and spent several hours in the basement of the security services before being released by an interrogator who does not surely know. The wall of silence has been broken it then? The Syrians did they overcome the fear that reigns in their public life for over fifty years? Ripe for a spring of freedom This incident occurred after a spontaneous demonstration of young people at the heart of Damascus, who threw the question that everyone asked: "Where art thou, Syrian, with what's happening in Arab countries?" One can say that the wall of fear has fallen since, as in Tunisia and to a lesser extent, Egypt, nobody would have imagined that young people dare to speak words as strong since 1963, when the Baath Party came to impose emergency rule, and especially since taking power from Hafez El-Assad in 1970.
Indeed, the security official and unofficial leader of the party, its unions and popular organizations have all contributed to a culture of tight-lipped, accusing him of treason who did not participate in the worship of all the enterprising "leadership" means that it is corrupt and repressive.
The supervision of all age groups through the mass organizations of youth deprived entire generations of ambition, by depleting their participation and silencing their expression. Thus, parties have been marginalized or eliminated. Since the early Arab uprisings, Syria was seen by many observers as ripe for a spring of freedom.
However, Syria has many "features" that can reassure the power when the fear has changed sides. His company is not homogeneous and, despite the absence of ethnic or religious clashes, it is sufficiently complex to prevent a gathering of all the components around social demands, political and cultural experiences.
Thus, the Kurdish question frightens the authorities as part of the opposition. Claims and cultural identity of Kurds legitimate, recognized by all of the Syrian society, are faced with aspirations to independence, especially since the autonomy achieved by the Kurds in northern Iraq. Any movement in this direction could nip in the bud a popular uprising common to Arabs and Kurds.
In addition, several religious minorities - and there are many in Syria - consider that the regime, despite its abuses and practices, is most capable of ensuring their rights to live "in peace" while minorities in the region [ Iraq, including] know all sorts of discrimination. It should be added that the Syrians have known terror closely with the bloody events of the 1980s, when confrontations between the Muslim Brotherhood and the services of power that have caused casualties among the mostly innocent civilians.
Assad promises change without son, since 2000, has shown a desire for modernization and development by multiplying the promises and hopes, awakening, especially among young people. Ten years have passed and promises that the Syrians are for change, either in their standard of living, nor with regard to freedom of expression or the multiparty system.
Several initiatives launched by opposition parties and intellectuals were repressed by intimidation and arrests. Syria has received the dubious record of prisoner of conscience the oldest lawyer Haitham al-Maleh, 80, accused of "weakening the resolve of the nation", which was eventually released after several years in part of an amnesty for criminals.
This accusation, one of the most contrary to law, has been frequently used by special courts to imprison opponents. Today, all the measures "cosmetic" [as increase wages and promised unofficially lifted a state of emergency] taken by the regime to prevent the contagion of the Arab spring in Syria have been in vain.
Neither scoops economic, nor the fields of communication, or to meet some demands of the workers can not meet the essential aspiration to freedom and dignity, as we saw in Tunisia and Egypt. It is an unavoidable reality in the evolution of societies. Syria, for sure, will change one way or another, particularly when the political elites in power and the opposition will have learned from this period.
Because "we do not live in an isolated island and History does not stop at the doors of our country," as says the historical opponent and former political prisoner Riyadh Al-Turk. 
"The most dangerous' of them was a child of ten years, to demand his return, brandishing portraits of his mother owned. Tizin was then also arrested and spent several hours in the basement of the security services before being released by an interrogator who does not surely know. The wall of silence has been broken it then? The Syrians did they overcome the fear that reigns in their public life for over fifty years? Ripe for a spring of freedom This incident occurred after a spontaneous demonstration of young people at the heart of Damascus, who threw the question that everyone asked: "Where art thou, Syrian, with what's happening in Arab countries?" One can say that the wall of fear has fallen since, as in Tunisia and to a lesser extent, Egypt, nobody would have imagined that young people dare to speak words as strong since 1963, when the Baath Party came to impose emergency rule, and especially since taking power from Hafez El-Assad in 1970.
Indeed, the security official and unofficial leader of the party, its unions and popular organizations have all contributed to a culture of tight-lipped, accusing him of treason who did not participate in the worship of all the enterprising "leadership" means that it is corrupt and repressive.
The supervision of all age groups through the mass organizations of youth deprived entire generations of ambition, by depleting their participation and silencing their expression. Thus, parties have been marginalized or eliminated. Since the early Arab uprisings, Syria was seen by many observers as ripe for a spring of freedom.
However, Syria has many "features" that can reassure the power when the fear has changed sides. His company is not homogeneous and, despite the absence of ethnic or religious clashes, it is sufficiently complex to prevent a gathering of all the components around social demands, political and cultural experiences.
Thus, the Kurdish question frightens the authorities as part of the opposition. Claims and cultural identity of Kurds legitimate, recognized by all of the Syrian society, are faced with aspirations to independence, especially since the autonomy achieved by the Kurds in northern Iraq. Any movement in this direction could nip in the bud a popular uprising common to Arabs and Kurds.
In addition, several religious minorities - and there are many in Syria - consider that the regime, despite its abuses and practices, is most capable of ensuring their rights to live "in peace" while minorities in the region [ Iraq, including] know all sorts of discrimination. It should be added that the Syrians have known terror closely with the bloody events of the 1980s, when confrontations between the Muslim Brotherhood and the services of power that have caused casualties among the mostly innocent civilians.
Assad promises change without son, since 2000, has shown a desire for modernization and development by multiplying the promises and hopes, awakening, especially among young people. Ten years have passed and promises that the Syrians are for change, either in their standard of living, nor with regard to freedom of expression or the multiparty system.
Several initiatives launched by opposition parties and intellectuals were repressed by intimidation and arrests. Syria has received the dubious record of prisoner of conscience the oldest lawyer Haitham al-Maleh, 80, accused of "weakening the resolve of the nation", which was eventually released after several years in part of an amnesty for criminals.
This accusation, one of the most contrary to law, has been frequently used by special courts to imprison opponents. Today, all the measures "cosmetic" [as increase wages and promised unofficially lifted a state of emergency] taken by the regime to prevent the contagion of the Arab spring in Syria have been in vain.
Neither scoops economic, nor the fields of communication, or to meet some demands of the workers can not meet the essential aspiration to freedom and dignity, as we saw in Tunisia and Egypt. It is an unavoidable reality in the evolution of societies. Syria, for sure, will change one way or another, particularly when the political elites in power and the opposition will have learned from this period.
Because "we do not live in an isolated island and History does not stop at the doors of our country," as says the historical opponent and former political prisoner Riyadh Al-Turk.
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