{"id":226,"date":"2011-04-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/?p=226","title":{"rendered":"Scores killed in Syria as Great Friday protests are attacked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<strong>Scores killed in Syria as Great Friday protests are attacked<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n22 April 2011\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\nAt least 75 people have been killed today in Syria during<br \/>\nmass protests, local human rights activists told Amnesty International, as the<br \/>\ngovernment launched its deadliest crackdown yet on demonstrators calling for<br \/>\npolitical reform.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\nSecurity forces fired live ammunition at demonstrators who<br \/>\nhad gathered across the country following Friday prayers.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\nThirty were killed in the southern town of Izzra&rsquo;, 22 in<br \/>\nDamascus, 18 in the Homs area and the rest in other towns and villages,<br \/>\nactivists said, in what is the deadliest day so far during weeks of protest.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\nTwo boys aged 7 and 10 years old were among those killed in<br \/>\nIzzra&rsquo; as was a 70-year-old man.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n&ldquo;The Syrian authorities have again responded to peaceful<br \/>\ncalls for change with bullets and batons. They must immediately halt their<br \/>\nattacks on peaceful protesters and instead allow Syrians to gather freely as<br \/>\ninternational law demands,&rdquo; said Malcolm Smart, Amnesty International&rsquo;s Middle<br \/>\nEast and North Africa director.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n&ldquo;They must also immediately launch an independent investigation<br \/>\ninto what happened and ensure that any security forces found to have carried<br \/>\nout these killings are brought to justice.&rdquo;\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\">\n<strong>Scores killed in Syria as Great Friday protests are attacked<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\">\nAt least 75 people have been killed today in Syria during<br \/>\nmass protests, local human rights activists told Amnesty International, as the<br \/>\ngovernment launched its deadliest crackdown yet on demonstrators calling for<br \/>\npolitical reform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}