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Demonstration in support of protests in Syria staged in Prague
Demonstration in support of protests in Syria staged in Prague | Prague Monitor
Prague, April 1 (CTK) - Some 20 people Friday met outside the Syrian embassy in Prague to support current protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Baath governing party.
The demonstrators carried banners with appeals for freedom and democracy. They pointed out that many people died at demonstrations in Syria in the past few days.
"We are here to say it aloud, as Syrians who are living here in the Czech Republic, that we are support for those at home and that we do not agree with what is happening there," a young man, who works in Prague as a programmer, told CTK.
He recalled that at the beginning of the unrest people in the Syrian town of Dara went to the streets to protest against a brutal police raid on local children.
According to the demonstrators in Prague, the protests in Syria have claimed up to 250 lives and their number further increased Friday.
Outside the embassy in Prague, the demonstrators called on the Syrian government to terminate violence against civilians and allow people to live in freedom in their country.
Sharp protests against the Syrian government and president arose in the capital of Damascus and another three towns after afternoon prayers Friday. The police allegedly used tear gas against the protesters on the outskirts of Damascus.
Syrian activists called Friday the Day of Martyrs and invited inhabitants to take part in mass rallies in memory of the victims.
Al-Assad faces the most serious protests during his 11-year rule that broke out on March 18 and then spread all over the country. On Wednesday he blamed external forces for trying to destabilise the country. On Thursday he set up a legal committee to assess lifting the state of emergency, valid since 1963, by April 25.
Demonstration in support of protests in Syria staged in Prague | Prague Monitor