{"id":292,"date":"2011-07-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T00:00:00","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=292","title":{"rendered":"Syria -general amnesty- fails to free hundreds detained after protests"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nSyria<\/span><\/strong> ‘general amnesty’ fails
\nto free hundreds detained after protests<\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n <\/span><\/strong>A new “general amnesty” announced in Syria falls far short of the
\npolitical reforms called for by protesters, Amnesty International said today. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n According to the state news agency SANA, the amnesty will apply to chronically
\nill prisoners as well as those held for some criminal offences committed before
\nyesterday, including theft and smuggling. It will not affect hundreds of people
\nbeing held for their involvement in peaceful political protests. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n Several hundred political prisoners were reportedly
\nreleased following another “general amnesty” announced on 31 May. However,
\nhundreds more remain detained, many of them held incommunicado and at risk of
\ntorture or other ill-treatment. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n “President al-Assad has once again failed dramatically
\nto address the legitimate demands of people who’ve been risking their lives to
\nmake their voices heard,” said Philip Luther, Deputy Director of Amnesty
\nInternational’s Middle East and North Africa
\nProgramme. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n “All those being held without charge for their
\nperceived link to the ongoing protests must be put on trial or released.”<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n The newest amnesty announcement came a day after
\nPresident al-Assad addressed the nation in a televised speech, in which he said
\ncalls for reform were legitimate but also blamed armed “saboteurs” for causing
\nthe recent unrest. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n Since street
\nprotests demanding reform began in February, Syrian security forces have waged
\na campaign of violence against protesters. According to Amnesty International’s
\nlatest information, at least 1,200 people have been killed since mid-March. <\/p>\n

<\/span>In recent weeks, around 20,000 people from northern Syria have fled
\nto the Turkish border to escape violence by Syrian security forces. Half of
\nthem are in camps inside Turkey
\nand the other half are in makeshift camps just inside Syria. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\nSyria<\/span><\/strong> ‘general amnesty’ fails
\nto free hundreds detained after protests<\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n <\/span><\/strong>A new “general amnesty” announced in Syria falls far short of the
\npolitical reforms called for by protesters, Amnesty International said today. According to the state news agency SANA, the amnesty will apply to chronically
\nill prisoners as well as those held for some criminal offences committed before
\nyesterday, including theft and smuggling. It will not affect hundreds of people
\nbeing held for their involvement in peaceful political protests. <\/span><\/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-292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292","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=292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}