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Palestinian Bloggers and Activists' Statement in Solidarity with Razan Ghazzawi<http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/3537/palestinian-bloggers-and-activists-statement-in-so> 1<http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/3537/palestinian-bloggers-and-activists-statement-in-so#comments> Dec 14 2011 by Jadaliyya Reports <http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/contributors/6213> [image: Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker]<http://app.readspeaker.com/cgi-bin/rsent?customerid=5919&lang=en_us&readid=rscontent&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jadaliyya.com%2Fpages%2Findex%2F3537%2Fpalestinian-bloggers-and-activists-statement-in-so> [image: [Image from unknown archive.]] [Image from unknown archive.] *[The following statement was issued on 14 December 2011 by various Palestinian bloggers and activists in support of Razan Ghazzawi, a Syrian activist that was recently detained by the Syrian security forces and sentenced to fifteen years.]* *We, a group of Palestinian bloggers and activists raise our voices loud and clear in solidarity with all the prisoners of the Great Syrian Revolution. We stand with all the prisoners, activists, artists, bloggers and others, all who are shouting in the streets or on various platforms demanding freedom and justice, while decrying the huge amount on injustice and oppression practiced by the Syrian regime for more than four decades.* *We issue this statement in solidarity with all those Syrian activists, and with the blogger Razan Ghazzawi who was arrested on December 4th, on the Jordanian-Syrian crossing border. Razan was adamant in her support for the Palestinian cause. She was the first to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian bloggers who were not granted a visa to enter Tunisia in order to participate in the Arab Bloggers Conference. Razan posted a blog in 2008 during the massacre on Gaza titled, "The Idea of Solidarity with Gaza." She wrote, "I understand when Cubans, Brazilians, and Pakistanis stand in solidarity with Gaza. But what I do not understand is when Syrians, Lebanese, Jordanians, and also Palestinians in exile stand in solidarity. What is the meaning of solidarity in this context?* *Not only do we stand in solidarity with Razan and the other prisoners, but we also affirm that our destiny is one, our concerns are one, and our struggle is one. Palestine can never be free while the Arab people live under repressive and reactionary regimes. The road to a free Palestine comes with a free Syria, in which Syrians live in dignity. * *Freedom to all of the prisoners in the Syrian regimes cells. Long live the Syrian Revolution, free from dictatorship, sectarianism, and foreign intervention. * Signatories: Abir Kopty Abrar Agil Ahmed Fahoum Ahmed Nimer Alaa Abu Diab Ali Abunimah Ali AlMasri Ali Bari Amal Murtaja Amani Ighbaria Amra Amra Anas Hamra Asmaa AlGhoul Bashar Lubbad Budour Hasan Dalia Ghorab Dalia Othman Deema AlSaafin Diana Alzeer Doa Ali Fidaa Abu Assi Hala AlSafadi Hamza Elbuhaisi Hanaa Mahameed Huwaida Arraf Ebaa Rezeq Irene Nasser Jalal AbuKhater Khaled AlShihabi Linah AlSaafin Maath Musleh Maha Rezeq Maisaa Azayzeh Majd Kayyal Mariam Al-Barghouti Meera AlBaba Mira Nabulsi Mohamed Jaradat Nader Al-Khuzundar Nadine Darwish Nalan Al Sarraj Nihal ElAlami Nisreen Mazzawi Ola Anan Osama Ghorab Osama Shomar Rasha Hilwi Rowan Abu-Shahla Saed Karzoun Saleh Dawabsheh Thameena Husary Yusra Jamous ------------- http://syrianrevolutiondigest.blogspot.com/ Thursday, December 15, 2011 Hof & Puff: Assad dead man walking!<http://syrianrevolutiondigest.blogspot.com/2011/12/hof-puff-assad-dead-man-walking.html> *Current U.S. policy towards Syria stands in stark dissonance with the strong statements enunciated by Frederic Hof. Even dead men walking need to be egged on, if not dragged, towards the rope.* *Wednesday 14, 2011* *Todays death toll:* 36. The *Breakdown*: 13 in Hama City, 10 in Homs Province, 4 in Idlib, 3 in Qamishly, 3 in Damascus, 2 in Deraa/Hauran Province and 1 in Deir Ezzor Province. Dozens of tanks and armored vehicles took part in sweep operations in Hama City with the aim of putting an end to the general strike still observed by locals. But local defectors fought back, and there were reports of casualties among loyalists. In Homs City, the goalkeeper Abdelbassit Sarout, who has become one of the local leaders of the protest movement, was reportedly among the wounded today. In Zabadani Town in Rural Damascus, pounding led to clashes between loyalists and insurgents. The General Strike continues throughout all protest communities. *Links* *US: Assad's Syria a 'dead man walking'*<http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2011/1214/US-Assad-s-Syria-a-dead-man-walking> ** *Syrian Commanders Gave Direct Orders to Use Force, Group Says<http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-12-15/syrian-commanders-gave-direct-orders-to-use-force-group-says.html> * *Syrian dissident Mohammad Bassam Imadi calls for civilian safety zone<http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/syrian-dissident-calls-for-civilian-safety-zone/story-e6frg6so-1226222260029> * A FORMER senior diplomat yesterday became one of the most senior Syrian regime insiders to openly denounce the government of President Bashar al-Assad, calling on the international community to protect civilians. Leaked videos shows a massacre perpetrated by loyalist troops, who appear very proud of their work as usual, against local activists from the town of *Rastan* north of Homs City armed with CAMERAS http://youtu.be/XPXd4umzj8EBut the inhabitants remain defiant http://youtu.be/KtvyfqpHAt0 In *Inshaaat* Neighborhood in Homs City, protesters struggle to retrieve the bodies of sniper victims from the streets http://youtu.be/YnN3cMSXqqgAnother http://youtu.be/0Eakz3_Wl8Y Three more http://youtu.be/e7Fo-oloiFc This one was killed as he was bringing a bag of bread home http://youtu.be/ypbkDwXa6RI the locals in *Bayadah* Neighborhood are having the same problem http://youtu.be/7TzDEJG-osw Loyalists storm *Inshaaat* in the evening http://youtu.be/Hzoigfc2dfU In *Baba Amr*, pounding sets a shop on fire http://youtu.be/mada1O0Vrp4 But in nearby *Khaldiyeh* Neighborhood, the local are so unfazed, they arrange a marriage ceremony between a gas tank and a gallon of Kerosene http://youtu.be/f9JbIcYqgtY Abdelbassit Sarout minutes before he was wounded http://youtu.be/tpSbgww7PBs But at night, loyalists reward defiance with gunfire http://youtu.be/LwsPRUrGGNc In *Bab Houd*, worshippers come under shelling in the local mosque http://youtu.be/lygaX3rqIU4 But at night, they still take to the streets http://youtu.be/OAr9psTgF8I In nearby *Qoussour*, the neighborhood comes under intense gunfire at night http://youtu.be/02yUqG3U5jw , http://youtu.be/UNpAj2oFBZw In *Houleh *region in Homs Province, children forage of wood to burn http://youtu.be/8PqkG0mg0dc And local keep protesting at night http://youtu.be/_SOOizUSF4I Protesters come under fire in nearby *Qseir* http://youtu.be/x5zi9tx9ypM In the mixed town of *Zabadani *Rural Damascus, churches bells toll for freedom http://youtu.be/ak8PjmUjfVs and for this martyred woman, originally from Iraq http://youtu.be/C4dGVEGnDzg And they continue to toll as the houses are shelled http://youtu.be/aP3pO25f4Kw The pounding continues http://youtu.be/blo7CyfnDvc *So much for the Assads as the protectors of the Christians of the East. *But people still come out at night http://youtu.be/B6nEX5-0neE Tanks move into the town of *Hraak* in Deraa/Hauran Province http://youtu.be/PhqEz4AHIwU , http://youtu.be/tHyRCzeIbRw no casualties were reported. Tanks moved into nearby *Mleihah* as well http://youtu.be/oAt3t5f3fVk , http://youtu.be/j7wscl_13OQ In *Alboukamal* in Deir Ezzor Province, protester burn tires in the street after loyalist raid http://youtu.be/vreg8gWlvH8 More *defections* http://youtu.be/YPmZoZpox88 *Hama City* comes under fire http://youtu.be/7BKikn58wRM Tanks and armored vehicles just before they invasion http://youtu.be/m63iZWIxU3g The wounded http://youtu.be/bRJ-kk9BhFg , http://youtu.be/rXgEYWq4a04 , http://youtu.be/L0umwPmxeGI , http://youtu.be/qMshwcFZmOU *December 14 * *HOMS CITY*: *Baba Amr* http://youtu.be/vmbkSVbMzM8 *Waer* http://youtu.be/ZPqqlC97CDg *Deir Baalbah* http://youtu.be/k71E6lQJl68 *Karm Al-Zeitun* http://youtu.be/mgGjMZ6rE3g *Bayadah* http://youtu.be/HGV7_CBBiQo *HAMA*: *Funeral **Madeeq* http://youtu.be/K--jl7gmzD0 , http://youtu.be/0AsZ_vVpcmQ *Khattab* http://youtu.be/juzsh6LcWlM *Mourek* http://youtu.be/KjxGyK8JEMc *Demonstrations* *Sharia* http://youtu.be/ceCOicRFdl8 *Souraan* http://youtu.be/7A3MQrkh7Lg *RURAL DAMASCUS*: *Demonstrations **Arbeen* http://youtu.be/Bn54mddPXz0 * Zamalka* http://youtu.be/ek3xGjZ_RZ4 *Harasta* http://youtu.be/wRCZycGNfJc * Madaya* http://youtu.be/BdrVNUn3KjM *Hamouriyeh* http://youtu.be/UhdwXDvvYpA *Dmeir* http://youtu.be/7ealqoOSplM *DAMASCUS CITY*: *Demonstrations **Mazzeh Eastern Villas* http://youtu.be/ElpUqGy9Guk *Douma* http://youtu.be/t-cxpzbaYFo *Midan* http://youtu.be/gcVWWbtsRiU *DERAA/HAURAN*: *Demonstrations* *Nahteh* http://youtu.be/m4nsWtnhRT0 *Tseel * http://youtu.be/cyiJWUJJOMc *Dirbassiyeh* http://youtu.be/g8OVHhzVKP0 *Deraa City* http://youtu.be/B7zH384EZe0 *HASSAKEH*: *Demonstrations **Ras Al-Aain* http://youtu.be/iJvyshmBCbg *DEIR EZZOR*: *Demonstrations **Qrayah* http://youtu.be/52uEzJHow6o *ALEPPO*: *Demonstrations **Hreitaan* http://youtu.be/hk_3byt--cA Posted by Ammar [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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