A blogger Detained in Syria ???

FreeBahrain · Jul 16, 2011

not the most fresh of news, but still an actuality

Syria detaines the blogger

ANAS ALMARRAWI

He is not a political blogger

never wrote a political line

never insulted a political figure, syrian or not syrian

His blog has nothing to do with politics, with sex, with religion, nor even with climate change!!!

He simply talk about Android system and devices

http://ardroid.com/

that is his blog

and a site FREE ANAS ALMARRAWI can be found here

http://freeanas.wordpress.com/

and a video
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2KmRSbdqOs"]‪Free Syrian Blogger Anas Maarawi‬&rlm; - YouTube[/ame]

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Bashar Alasad must be an Apple Fanboy

Shame on you !!!!!!!!!!

Long Live Androids

Free Anas

leftlegmoderate · Jul 16, 2011

Why exactly has he been detained?

What am I missing?

FreeBahrain · Jul 16, 2011

It is Syria. no one knows except that he was arrested in the first of July! Charges unknown!!! where is he?? unknown! why? unknown

but knowing enough dictators, i bet it will be something like "compromising security of the state" usual charge, if not "conspiring against the state" more serious charge!

may be the real reason is that with his Android articles he pissed someone in power who sells iPhones... (it is a joke, but in these states, it can be a real reason to be detained)

waltky · Aug 16, 2011

Assad oppression of Syrian people continues...

UN Agency Says 10,000 Refugees Disappeared from Syrian Camp
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 - A U.N. agency says as many as 10,000 Palestinians have disappeared after fleeing a refugee camp in the Syrian port city of Latakia, where government security forces have carried out days of deadly attacks.

U.N. Relief and Works Agency Spokesman Christopher Gunness told VOA Tuesday the refugees fled the camp Monday under heavy gunfire and that the agency has no idea where they are. He called for urgent access to the camp, which houses a health clinic, schools and youth programs, and said humanitarian workers need to tend to the sick, the dying and the needy. The agency has not received a response to its request for access, but Gunness says it hopes to hear in the next day or two. Monday was the third day of an assault against anti-government dissent in Latakia, where Syrian rights activists say security forces have killed nearly 30 people since Saturday.

Meanwhile, Turkey has warned neighboring Syria that its military operations against civilians must end immediately and unconditionally. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Monday this is our final word to the Syrian authorities. In Houla, a town near the city of Homs, activists said Syrian troops backed by tanks carried out raids and arrests Monday. Latakia and Homs are among the Syrian cities that have seen large protests demanding the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad.

The Turkish foreign minister visited President Assad in Damascus last week to urge an end to his brutal crackdown against the anti-government uprising. Mr. Davutoglu said Monday that unless the bloodshed ends immediately, there will nothing left to discuss with Syrian authorities. Activists and witnesses say Syrian gunboats joined tanks in firing on Latakia Sunday, a new element in the government's crackdown that has been escalating since mid-March.

Syrian officials have given a different account of events in Latakia. They deny the city was shelled from the sea, and say that naval vessels were on routine duty to protect the coast and prevent arms smuggling. On Sunday, Syria's state-run news agency said law enforcement personnel were pursuing gunmen who it said were terrorizing residents of Latakia. Details of events in Syria are difficult to verify independently because the government allows very few foreign news reporters into the country and restricts their movements. Rights groups and activists say at least 1,700 people have been killed since the start of the government's crackdown.

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US: Syria Crackdown on Dissent is 'Abhorrent,' 'Repulsive'
August 15, 2011 - The Obama administration said Monday that it is pressing countries to cut financial ties with Syria in the face if what the State Department calls an abhorrent and repulsive crackdown on dissent. The monitoring group Human Rights Watch said it is time for the Arab League to push for an end to the violence.

Officials here say there is little more the United States can do in terms of economic pressure on Syria, and that U.S. diplomacy is focused on pressing countries that still trade with or sell arms to the Damascus government to end those relationships. The comments came as the focus of the Syrian crackdown moved to the coastal city of Latakia, where residents and human rights groups say government forces shelled southern neighborhoods and a Palestinian refugee camp, forcing thousands of people to flee.

State Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland said there were inconsistencies in reports that Syrian naval vessels had shelled parts of Latakia. But she said armored vehicles were in the city firing on innocents and that it is clear that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is not responsive to growing calls to end to the violence. This is a guy who is not hearing, as the secretary [of state] called it, the increasing chorus of condemnation from the international community, which is why we are working hard now with our partners around the world to increase the pressure - political and economic. But we share the concern around the world that this is a man who is slaughtering innocents, again and again and again, Nuland said.

Nuland said that despite five months of violence against demonstrators, there still are countries buying Syrian oil and gas and that have not renounced arms sales to Syria. She said the United States is working to strengthen curbs on the Damascus government to insure that the message from the international community has teeth. Arab governments have been reluctant to criticize Damascus. But Jordan's Prime Minister Marouf al-Bakhit on Monday called for a quick end to Syrian military operations and urgent, concrete action on political reforms.

In a letter to Arab League Secretary-General Nabil al-Arabi, Human Rights Watch urged the pan-Arab organization to hold an emergency meeting on Syria and press the Damascus government to admit a U.N.-mandated fact-finding committee, journalists and independent observers. The New York-based monitoring group said that to remain relevant, the Arab League needs to break from its history as a grouping of autocrats who support each others crimes, and support the interests of member countries citizens.

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Abu Sina · Aug 16, 2011

Maybe the Palestininians are all in the football stadium. Thousands were taken there.

Are there armed gunmen in Syria? Shipments of arms were confiscated coming from Lebanon a few times.
Are other countries and entities arming and paying thugs to cause havoc? Just like they are doing to us in Egypt.
Maybe Assad is telling the truth.
Maybe if he let in the International Press we could get the truth.
Maybe other regimes are trying to overthrow this regime like they are trying to overthrow the one in Libya.

I dont know what to believe.
But one thing is for sure I am not taking any notice at all what comes out of the White House.
I would believe Turkey years before I would believe the USA.

DutchClogCyborg · Aug 16, 2011

the US and co should stay out of this, let them handle their own mess. If we intervene we are Western Crusaders, if we do not intervene we are not taking responsibilities, its a loss / loss situation. Might as well pick the cheapest solution. Ignore it.

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