Syrian Revolution Digest, April 23, 2011
Official death toll for Friday, April 22 is 112: Homs & Suburbs (27), Damascus & Suburbs (47), Deraa & Suburbs (32), Hama City (5), Lattakia (1). Today 12 more were killed, 5 in Deraa’s Izraa, rest in Damascus & Suburbs. Moreover, two new members in the People’s Assembly representing Deraa have resigned, so did the Mufti of Deraa.Assad security forces killed eight more people today. While international reactions remain subdued and have been restricted to mere condemnations of the escalating violence, and as the Arab World watches on silently, the protesters continue to get more organized.
Yesterday, a statement was released signed by the various local committees running the protests movements all over the country with a detailed list of demands.
Most activists would now push for the inclusion of a clear call for the immediate resignation of Bashar Al-Assad. The next logical step will be to announce the formation of a committee that can officially speak for the revolution.
Meanwhile, the challenge for Syrian security today was to manage the funerals in a manner that will prevent holding mass funerals. There were reports about security forces hiding corpses and laying siege to known hotspots and flashpoints to minimize the number of protesters in the streets.
From Social Networking Websites
Damascus & Damascus Suburbs
Video Security forces directly target peaceful demonstrators in Zablatany & 2 martyrs fall
Video, v2, v3 Thousands in the funeral of Al-Moadameyya martyrs & the supplication after the funeral
Video Mothers & sisters of martyrs participate in their funeral
Video, v2, v3 Gunshots & wounds among demonstrators in Al-Moadameyya’s martyrs’ funeral
Video A general strike in Al-Moadameyya mourning the martyrs of Good Friday
Video The funeral of Moataz Billah Al-Shaar
Video Riyad Seif in the funeral of Moataz Billah Al-Shaar
Video, v2 The martyrs of Barza town on Good Friday
Video, v2, v3, v4 Large crowds in the funeral of Barza’s 3 martyrs
Video v2, v3, v4 Shooting the funeral procession of the town of Barza & the fall of martyrs & wounded
Video Those wounded by gunshots in Barza town are moved to a mosque for treatment
Video, v2 The funeral of the martyr Omar Al-Homsy in Juber
Video of big funerals in Duma
Video, v2 The beginning of grouping in Duma at noon & funerals demos
Video The condolences tent in Kabeer mosque in Duma with tens of thousands of people
Video Shooting at protesters in Duma funeral
Video, v2, v3, v4, v5 The sniping & killing of demonstrators in Duma on Good Friday
Video, v2 Duma’s Good Friday martyrs
Video Zamalka’s Good Friday martyrs
Video General strike in Zamalka in mourning of Good Friday martyrs
Video The funeral of Kaboon’s 5 martyrs
Video Condolences offering of Kaboon’s Good Friday martyrs
Video, v2, v3 Jeerod demo on Good Friday
Video, v2, v3 Al-Kadam demo on Good Friday
Video, v2, v3, v4 Demo of Al-Hajar Al-Aswad on Good Friday
Video, v2, v3 Funeral & funeral prayers of Al-Hajar Al-Aswad’s Good Friday martyrs
Video of an ambulance in Harasta attempts to run over demonstrators & sabotage some parked cars
Video, v2 The demos of Artouz on Good Friday & chants of national unity
Video, v2 Thousands in Al-Keswa demo on Good Friday carrying a symbolic coffin for the martyrs
Video Martyr Ali Al-Sheikh Darweesh’s funeral in Harasta
Video, v2, v3 Tens of thousands in the funeral procession of Dariya’s 2 Good Friday martyrs
Video Security forces attack demonstrators with live ammunition in Dariya on Good Friday
Video, v2 Night demo in Zabadany
Video Demonstrators polish Dr Kamal Al-Libwany’s panel in Zabadany
Daraa
Video, v2, v3 Ezra’s Good Friday martyrs
Video The moment one of Ezra’s martyrs falls with a direct shot in the neck
Video Painful scenes from Ezra’s massacre on Good Friday
Video of primary school students demo
Video, v2, v3, v4, v5, v6, v7 (HD), v8, v9 Tens of thousands in Ezra’s Good Friday martyrs funeral processions
Video Tens of thousands in Al-Saraya demo in Daraa on Good Friday
Homs
Video summing up Talbeesa’s violence on Sunday
Video Bab Amr’s Good Friday martyrs
Video, v2, v3 Funeral of a Bab El-Sebaa’s Good Friday martyr
Video, v2 Hero Fawaz Al-Haraky’s funeral, killed trying to aid the martyr Mohamed Samer Al-Koheil in Al-Khaledeya on Good Friday
Video Heavy shooting of demonstrators at Al-Kahira roundabout on Good Friday
Video Al-Hawla north of Damascus after Good Friday’s massacre & shooting demonstrators
Video Bab Amr’s Good Friday martyrs in the mosque
Video The funeral of the hero Mohamed Bassam Al-Koheil who went down on Good Friday
Hama
Video Ali Hassan Khamees’s funeral
Video A 3-day mourning announced & the people head to Al-Asy square
Video Demo of Taybet Al-Imam on Good Friday
Video Funeral procession of 3 martyrs heading to Al-Safa cemetery
Lattakia
Video Shooting continues until late at night on the Sunday of Evacuation
Banias
Video The fall of the martyrs Ammar Kahleef Saad in Al-Bayada on Good Friday
Jableh
Video, v2, v3, v4, v5, v6, v7 Night demo in Jableh of Qassam in support of its sisters on the Sunday of Evacuation
Jisr Al-Shoghour
Video, v2, v3 Tens of thousands in demos against the Syrian regime
Aleppo
Video, v2 The sit-in of the citizens until all those arrested on Good Friday are let go
Video Marea’s Good Friday demo
Video Menbej’s Good Friday demo
Idleb
Video Khan Shaykhoon’s demo on Good Friday & smashing Hafez Al-Assad’s statue head
Video Cleansing campaign in Maaret Al-Noman & tearing Bashar Al-Assad’s poster
From Around The World
Video Demo in consolidation with the Syrian Revolution in Berlin
Some Press & TV Coverage
Video, v2 Aljazeera report about the targeting of funeral processions in Syria
Video Aljazeera report about controversial decrees in Syria
Video Aljazeera report about the funerals of demo martyrs in Syria
Video BBC report about the funerals of demo martyrs in Syria
Video Hanan El-Nemr’s commentary on Russia Today channel about the fall of martyrs in the funerals of Good Friday martyrs, & Russia Today still adopts the Syrian regime discourse
Miscellaneous
Video Hacking of pro-Assad Al-Dunya channel website
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