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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Over 100 Activists Killed in Syrian Protest

More than 100 have been killed in the Syrian protest city Deraa, rights activists told Al Arabiya TV on Thursday, hours after medics said the local hospital had received 25 bodies of protests.

A witness reportedly told Al Arabiya that hundreds of protesters took to the streets on Wednesday in the towns of Jasim, Enkhil, al-Hara, and al-Harrag "in support for their brothers in Deraa,", adding the they demanded the end of a security siege on the city.

Syria, which has also been hit by the popular unrest sweeping the Middle East, was taken by surprise and amid an attempted failure to quell the protests by force, in the second apparent concession to protesters since the uprising, President Bashar al-Assad sacked provincial governor of Deraa aisal Kalthoum on Wednesday.

There were also reports that a number of local security officials reviled by people had been reassigned or suspended.

In first vocal western response to the events France urged Syria to carry out political reforms without delay and respect its commitments to human rights.

Ffrench foreign ministry spokesman Bernard Valero told reporters: "France calls on Syria to follow its international commitments to human rights, to which it has signed up especially with regard to freedom of expression and opinion".

"Political reforms must be put in place without delay to meet the aspirations of the Syrian people," he said.

In its reaction, the US Obama administration called on the Syrian Government to “exercise restraint” against its peaceful protesters. The State Department spokesman, Mark Toner said that the United States was deeply troubled by violence and civilian deaths in Deraa at the hands of security forces.

"We are concerned by the Syrian Government's use of violence, intimidation and arbitrary arrests in Deraa to hinder the ability of its people to freely exercise their universal rights," he said.

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