Syrian Revolution Digest, April 16, 2011
Saturday marked another tragic day in the history of the Syrian Revolution as a child protester in Homs was killed by bullets of security officers, and the whole scene was captured on camera. He was one of two confirmed fatalities from Homs. Security crackdown was also reported in Rastan, where a status of hafiz Al-Assad was burned and destroyed on Friday, and Tablisseh where the head of the statue was taken to be hit with shoes. No word on exact number of casualties yet.
Meanwhile, Syria’s women reconfirmed their intention to become a major force in the revolution from now on by organizing two protests in Banyas and Inkhel.
As for Assad’s new speech, the protests continued immediately after it, indicating that the protesters were not satisfied with the announcements the president had made.
It is interesting to note that for the second time Assad chose not to address the Syrian people directly. In his first speech he addressed the parliament and in the second, the members of his new hand-picked cabinet. In other words, in both times he was really addressing his own base.
From Social Networking Websites
Damascus and Damascus suburbs
Video of demo chanting in Mouaddamiya: “People want the interpretation of the speech”
Demonstration of Erbeen in Damascus on the way to Harasta. video
Demo in Erbeen, Douma and Harasta, heading towards Jouber: video1, video2
Demon in Al-Sayeda Zainab on the Friday of Determination. video
Video of demo in Dariya last Friday
Demo on the evening of the Friday of Determination in Artouz video
Demo in Barza that went on until the evening of the Friday of Determination video, vid2, vid3
Demonstrators shot with live bullets in Juber on the Friday of Determination video1, vid2
Demonstrators group in Duma and head to Damascus, and the numbers increase steadily on the Friday of Determination video
Part of the demonstrations of the free people of Douma on the Friday of Determination, and the slogans held stress the peacefulness of the demonstrations video
The demonstrations of the people of Erbeen while they pick up pace on the way to Al-Abaseyeen on the Friday of Determination video1, vid2, vid3, vid4, vid5, vid6, vid7, vid8, vid9, vid10, vid11, vid12, vid13
The sit-in of Mouaddamiya and the response to the speech of Bashar Al-Assad vid1, v2, v3, v4
The sit-in of the people of Douma after night (Isha) prayers: video1, video2
Thousands of protests in Al-korneish street in Duma on the Friday of Determination video
The demonstrators of Duma and Harasta at Juber bridge: video
The sit-in of the people of Duma in Al-baladeya square Saturday 16th April video
The start of the night demonstrations in Al-tall in preparation of the Sunday of Evacuation: video
The tearing down of the poster of Bashar in Zamalka on the Friday of Determination: video
The demonstration of the heroes of Madaya on the Friday of Determination: video
Video of the demo in Zabadany starting from Al-gesr mosque on the Friday of Determination
The demonstration of the city of Al-tal on the Friday of Determination: video
The demonstrations of Damascus suburbs: video
Daraa
The tearing down of the biggest idol of Hafez Al-Assad in brave Daraa on the Friday of Determination: video1, video2
The ongoing cleansing campaign of the city of Daraa from the photos and statues of the oppression regime figures: video
The demonstrations of the people of Daraa in Al-Karama square Saturday 16th April and the response to the speech of Bashar: video1, vid2, vid3, vid4, vid5, vid6, vid7, vid8, vid9
The sit-in of the brave women of Horan in Inkhil Saturday 16th April: video
Part of the sit-in of the people of Daraa in Al-karama square Saturday 16th April: video
Crowds of people in the surroundings of Al-Omari mosque on Saturday: video
The people of Daraa and surrounding villages head to Al-Omari mosque on Saturday: video
The targeting of an ambulance and wounding its crew in Huran: video, video 2
The demo of the free people of Al-Herak on the Friday of Determination: video, vid2, vid3
Large numbers of freedom demonstrators in Daraa on the Friday of Determination: video
The demonstration of Jassem on the Friday of Determination in the public road: video
People in Daraa demand the release of the detainees of Humanities school in Aleppo university: video
A new recording of the break-in of Al-Omari mosque 23 March: video1, vid2, vid3, vid4
Homs
The revolution youth tear down and burn the idol of the regime and suppression symbol in the recent history of Syria: video1, vid2, vid3, vid4
The sit-in of the free people of Homs at Al-Saa Al-Gadeeda and their being attacked by Al-Shabbiha’s with sticks on the Friday of Determination: video
Demo on the Friday of Determination in Homs and the free people chanting ‘The army and the people.. one hand’: video
One of the demonstrators in Homs hitting Bahar’s posters with his shoe: video
Demos in Telkekh on the Friday of Determination: video
Shooting live bullets at demonstrators on the Friday of Determination: video
Tens of thousands in a demonstration on the Hama road in Homs chanting ‘Where are the infiltrators? Where are the infiltrators?’: video
The demos today after the release of the demonstrator who tore down the idol: video
The funeral of Mohamed Al-Eleiwy from Al-Fawaara tribe video1, video2, video3
The death of a child during the funeral of Mohamed Al-Eleiwy in Homs today video
The death of Jihad Khaleel Al-Aly and Tamer Abd El-Ghaffar Al-Rashed in Al-Seteen street in Homs days ago: video
A poster-cleansing campaign in Talbeesa: video
Shooting live bullets at demonstrators in Al-Rasten on Saturday 16the April and many people fall wounded: video
Hama
The demonstrations of Kalet Aby Al-fedaa, throwin tear gas at demonstrators on the Friday of Determination: video1, vid2, vid3, vid4, vid5
The heros of Hama performing prayers in the street in Al-Hader on the Friday of Determination: video
Latakya
A video showing citizens arresting an infiltrator from the security forces during the demonstrations: video
The demonstration of the free people of Lattakia ahead of Bashar Al-Assad’s speech today: video
The funeral of Ayman Tereify on Saturday video, video 2
One of the wounded in Slaiba in Latakya after being shot on the Friday of Determination video
Tartous
The demonstration of Tartous in front of in front of Al-Mansour mosque on the Friday of Determination: video
Banias
Testimony about the assault on the village and their humiliation: video
Video of an eye-witness in Al-Bayda recounts what happened during the attack of Shabbiha
A women’s demonstration stressing the demands today: vid1, vid2, vid3
The funeral of Osama Al-Sheikha Saturday 16th April: video
A new video for a group of martyrs from brave Banias 10th April: video
The demonstration in Al-Bayda on the Friday of Determination: video
The funeral of Hakam Hanna in Banias and a demonstration against the regime: video
Jableh
A big demonstration coming out of one of the mosques on the Friday of Determination: video
Night demonstrations on the Friday of Determination: video, Video 2
Al-Qameshly
Part of the demonstrations in Qameshly on the Friday of Determination video, video 2, video 3, video 4
Idleb
Thousands of people in Idlib chant “We die but Syria lives” last Friday: video, video 2
A demo calling for freedom in Coreen village on the Friday of Determination: video1, vid2, vid3
The people of Kafr Nabl, Hass, and Kafrooma on the Friday of Determination: video
Maaret Al-Noman
A video of a wounded hero yelling “It’s ok, for the sake of freedom”, during the demonstrations of Maaret Al-Noman on the Friday of Determination: video
A police officer joins the demonstrators on the Friday of Determination: video
Deir Al-Zur
Thousands of demonstrators in Deir Al-Zur on the Friday of Determination: video, video 2
From Around the World
A demo in support of the Syrian Revolution in Algeria today: video, video 2
A demo in support of the Syrian Revolution in London today: video
A demo in support of the Syrian Revolution in Brussels last Friday: video, video 2
A demo in support of the Syrian Revolution in Los Angeles today: video
A demo in support of the Syrian Revolution in Washington DC today: video1, vid2, vid3
Selected press and TV coverage
Report on Al-Donia TV channel repeating the allegations of the presence of infiltrators targeting the demonstrators
Report on Al-Donia TV channel: numbers of the demonstrators are not more than 40 thousand and a desperate attack on Aljazeera
BBC report about the demonstrations of the Friday of Determination
Aljazeera end-of-day report about the demonstrations of the Friday of Determination:
Al-Jazeera report about demonstrations of the Friday of Determination
Video of Samir Nashar comments on the demonstrations of the Friday of Determination
Report of Syrian state TV
Video: comments of the activist Ayman Al-Aswad on Bashar’s speech
Miscellaneous
Video of Bashar posters pulled in the streets
Video of demonstrators hold up the yellow card for the regime and chant “Yellow Yellow, and the next time it’s Red Red”
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