*Anwar Malek, an Arab League observer has just resigned from the mission in Syria blaming the Assad regime for trying to cover-up their crimes.*
*He says the mission was a farce and the observers have been fooled by orchestrating and fabricating most of what the delegates saw. * *------------------------------------------------------------------------* *Attacks on pro-revolution Syrian artists increase * ** *Ati Metwaly, Tuesday 10 Jan 2012* * * ** ** *Disappearance of Syrian actor Jalal Al-Taweel last week is only latest in string of attacks on anti-regime artists and their families* In response to last week’s disappearance of Syrian actor Jalal Al-Taweel, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) released a statement on January condemning the violent attacks and repression exercised by the Syrian regime against artists and activists supporting the uprising. ANHRI expressed its “deep disturbance over the catastrophic situation of freedom of opinion and expression under the illegitimate regime that uses all kinds of repressive measures to crush the revolution.” Syrian actor Jalal Al-Taweel, known for his positions against Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, went missing on 4 January reportedly when he was attempting to cross the border to Jordan. According to ANHRI, while many fear that security forces were behind his disappearance, Al-Taweel’s wife, however, keeps faith that he will return because “he disappears from time to time due to the current situation and he often encounters beatings and threats.” Moreover, even prior to his disappearance, in December 2011, El-Taweel had been brutally beaten by the Syrian security forces for participating in pro-revolution demonstrations in Damascus. In December, 28-year-old photographer and film producer Guevara Nemer was arrested for her participation in the "intellectuals’ demonstration” against Al-Asad’s regime. Over the past several months, Syrian authorities have embarked on a crusade of attacking artists and activists for their anti-regime stances. Their cruel methods are directed not only towards the prime “revolution defenders” but also targeted at families as a method of emotional blackmailing. Parents of Malek Jandali, renowned musician and pianist based in the United States, were subjected to brutal treatment at the hands of the Syrian security forces for the opinions expressed by their son. In September 2011, they were beaten a few days after Jandali had participated in a pro-democracy rally for Syria in front of the White House in Washington D.C. Jandali performed the Syrian national anthem and premieredWatani Ana(I am My Country), and hundreds of attendees sang along in solidarity with the Syrian people. Following this incident, Jandali reiterated to Ahram Online his commitment to support the uprising underscoring that his role is to “spread the message of peace, harmony and love through music.” He continued by saying that it is his responsibility as an artist to help the Syrian people to have their voices heard. The 56-year-old world-renowned cartoonist Ali Ferzat, opponent of the Syrian regime, was been badly beaten in august 2011. Both his hands were broken, the security forces literally breaking the tools he uses to challenge the regime. The incident precipitated vocal support from artists internationally in solidarity against the brutal attacks on the artists and Syrian people. The killing in July 2011 of Ibrahim Qashoush, a 42 year-old fireman from Hana, and a father of three children, known as a “revolution singer” shook the world. According to the Associated Press new agency, Qashoush was attacked by the security forces when singing “Time to leave,” at an anti-Bashar rally. “When [on 4 July 2011] his body was dumped in the river flowing through his hometown, his killers added an obvious message: His throat was carved out,” according to AP. Many artists have expressed their disappointment over the crimes committed by the Syrian regime. Seventy-year-old Muna Wassef, one the highest paid actresses in the Arab world, and a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, has played a multitude of remarkable roles. Though in the 1960s, she shortly worked at the Military Theatre connected to the defence ministry and was married to the Army General Muhammad Shahin, Wassef became a fierce activist supporting the uprising. As an act of protest, in May 2011 she asked the Syrian TV Production Company to strip her of the Order of Merit-Excellent Degree for her artistic accomplishments. Wassef’s son Ammar Abdulhamid, from her late husband Muhammad Shahin, is a political activist himself and creator of the blog Syrian Revolution Digest. In the blog Abdulhamid presents himself as “a liberal democracy activist whose anti-regime activities led to his exile from Syria on September 7, 2005.” He now lives in the United States. Abdulhamid is the founder and director of the Tharwa Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to democracy promotion in the Greater Middle East and North Africa region. He continues to support the Syrian people, including actors and intellectuals, while in his blog he has also challenged the fabricated information about his mother emanating from Syrian official channels. Prominent Syrian-born producer, director and actor Jamal Suleiman in august 2011 openly articulated that he is against the killing of protesters and defended their right to hold demonstrations and rallies. He also expressed his appreciation to Al-Jazeera satellite channel for its coverage of the events in Syria. Suleiman was then assaulted by Al-Assad’s supporters. In November while touring internationally, Suleiman received several death threats, and as a result decided not to return to Syria going to Egypt instead, which he now calls his “semi-permanent” shelter. Over the past couple of months ANHRI has issued a number of statements revealing atrocities committed by the Syrian regime towards artists, media personnel, journalists and intellectuals. ANHRI continues to condemn the Syrian authorities for the brutality exercised over its alleged opponents. ANHRI’s statement of 8 January, 2012, concluded that “the situation in Syria has become catastrophic. Activists and civilians calling for freedom are being faced by murder, detention, and abduction on the hands of security forces in an attempt to gag them.” http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/31393.aspx --------------------------------------- “Victory Is Nigh” Sayeth the Lord, of the Murderous Flies!<http://syrianrevolutiondigest.blogspot.com/2012/01/victory-is-nigh-sayeth-lord-of.html> *Assad, the lightweight among Middle Eastern dictators, and the fraudical son who couldn’t fill his father’s shoes even if he stuffed them with a thousand Dr. Sholls, has spoken for the 4th time since the beginning of the Revolution, threatening mayhem and offering a pale and uninspired impersonation of Gaddafi. What did anyone really expect? Psychopathy is the family trait, not smarts.* *Tuesday 10, 2012* *Today’s death toll:* 39. The *Breakdown*: 15 in Deir Ezzor City, 3 (2 brothers and their sister) in Idlib, 5 including a child in Homs city, 1 in Douma (a defector), 1 in Hama City and 1 in Qamishly. Loyalists *assaulted<http://www.aawsat.com/details.asp?section=4&article=658397&issueno=12097> * Arab League Monitors paying a visit to Lattakia City lightly injuring 11. The attack, we are told, did not prevent the delegation from carrying its scheduled activities. *Links* *Syria's Assad, in rare speech, claims victory is nigh (+video)<http://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2012/0110/Syria-s-Assad-in-rare-speech-claims-victory-is-nigh-video> * ** *Syria's Bashar al-Assad Chooses the Qaddafi Model<http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/01/syrias-bashar-al-assad-chooses-the-qaddafi-model/251156/> * *400 killed in Syria since Arab League monitors arrived, U.N. says<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/400-killed-in-syria-since-arab-league-monitors-arrived-un-says/2012/01/10/gIQAkSw4oP_story.html> * *Israel prepares for fall of Assad, Syria refugees<http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/10/us-israel-golan-syria-idUSTRE8090XV20120110> * *Turkey holds trucks taking suspect Iranian cargo to Syria<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2012/Jan-10/159396-turkey-holds-trucks-taking-suspect-iranian-cargo-to-syria.ashx#ixzz1j7hxs4Gm> * *Attacks on pro-revolution Syrian artists increase<http://english.ahram.org.eg/~/NewsContent/2/8/31393/World/Region/Attacks-on-prorevolution-Syrian-artists-increase.aspx> * *This time it’s my mother’s turn to be mentioned in the press, but she’s much more used to it, I guess:* “Many artists have expressed their disappointment over the crimes committed by the Syrian regime. Seventy-year-old Muna Wassef, one the highest paid actresses in the Arab world, and a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, has played a multitude of remarkable roles. Though in the 1960s, she shortly worked at the Military Theatre connected to the defence ministry and was married to the Army General Muhammad Shahin, Wassef became a fierce activist supporting the uprising. As an act of protest, in May 2011 she asked the Syrian TV Production Company to strip her of the Order of Merit-Excellent Degree for her artistic accomplishments.” *Naturally, all of today’s rallies were dedicated to rejecting Assad’s latest speech. * *DEIR EZZOR PROVINCE * *Deir Ezzor City:* *Protesters come under fire from loyalist militias when they try to meet with AL monitors * Protester gets shot as he throws stones http://youtu.be/58msfO7_41I As protester defy snipers with their chants, one of them is shot, he falls to his knees and tries to catch his breaths, and as his comrades try to rescue him he gets shot again, and later dies of his wounds. Another of his colleagues is also shot http://youtu.be/ZNgGLKtchs8 , http://youtu.be/2lorkmi8njE There is nothing random about this killing. These protesters are armed with nothing but their cellphones, they are only trying to film snipers in action, when one of them is shot http://youtu.be/WvKM8VlD9iw A protester manages to utter a final prayer before he dies http://youtu.be/kFuXc89hq9c Two more protesters get killed on camera http://youtu.be/NKnTWm7VcZQ Two martyrs lying in the local morgue http://youtu.be/hcfL58kTVhg More scenes from the morgue http://youtu.be/hRLDDdMw9eg , http://youtu.be/NK_3T9SfRl0 Few of the wounded http://youtu.be/r6gF7X15P4A , http://youtu.be/9ktUfIUavxc, http://youtu.be/m0tq1D7oXD8 A martyr http://youtu.be/K3XO7tAAx5g His aunt leads the prayers http://youtu.be/hgJJEsAeP-I More martyrs http://youtu.be/w8XA1HdYvdA , http://youtu.be/bn2DCbTRw2w , http://youtu.be/W8XzpPf4x5c The AL monitors were not far when these pro-Assad militias perpetrated the massacres http://youtu.be/70xE5NKrzsM , http://youtu.be/zDdYjlph0EU , http://youtu.be/zDdYjlph0EU , http://youtu.be/9LMTdRDbZSg The whole sequence started with a student rally earlier in the day http://youtu.be/N8c5WrUbuvw , http://youtu.be/qpmveNEYjK0 *HOMS – THE CITY* A sniper in *Bab Al-Sibaa* passing time http://youtu.be/g6q0Gzjejog Funeral in *Bab Al-Sibaa* http://youtu.be/E6rvN6NVHGY Locals finally manage to receive 6 bodies of martyrs from the city morgue http://youtu.be/K4eAXlVgk6c, http://youtu.be/Pfz83_CDiJU A local martyr and his funeral http://youtu.be/efIL8y46uys Another martyr http://youtu.be/JignITvdW8U Rescuing an injured protesters in *Deir Baalbah* http://youtu.be/qUEwWQGiHTk *Khaldiyeh* comes under fire http://youtu.be/JoC_ugwT_Fg A young protester with a serious injury http://youtu.be/J8pic9PDj5Y The pounding of *Karm Al-Zeitun* (Jan 10) http://youtu.be/0yBdCZtug-gImpact of shelling http://youtu.be/NjRPwZteBSA , http://youtu.be/dNFCr989Wpo , http://youtu.be/4yBlPAdKkCA A wounded protester http://youtu.be/plOnShFlWp8Targeting Oqbah Mosque http://youtu.be/h2-NBQ-jZD4 Cat-and-mouse with snipers http://youtu.be/lW9eit249k0 *Rallies* *Deir Baalbah* http://youtu.be/5NVeKdgja4c *Khaldiyeh* http://youtu.be/xwuwCfjSi-M *Jouret Al-Shayah* (all-women) http://youtu.be/3mEl72AXDdE *Bab Dreib* (all women) http://youtu.be/EvR0ZmsOc6E *Insha’aat* http://youtu.be/n2gSGnt8kJ4 *Wadi Al-Arab* http://youtu.be/YcIBO2Iut2Y *Qoussour* http://youtu.be/cG5pBqis5UM *Wa’er* http://youtu.be/7KSK1zqdcqM *Nighttime* *Baba Amr * http://youtu.be/wMN5TBf4I4k *Ghoutah* http://youtu.be/xO0zL78AmyU *Bab Houd* http://youtu.be/XRSwfE18O0g *Wa’er* http://youtu.be/AYnvuP2YhXY ** *HOMS – THE PROVINCE * *Rallies **Qseir* http://youtu.be/VspW_MB5RqA , http://youtu.be/SCldmC9wp3Q *Houleh* http://youtu.be/xwYIVyyB9Ig *Talbisseh* http://youtu.be/YXYQrFasnC0 *Tadmor* http://youtu.be/edrIqxu-P-s *HAMA – THE CITY* A martyr http://youtu.be/rn-or34LkDI *Rallies* *Bab Qibli* http://youtu.be/bvEnj-lzjhU *Hamidiyeh* http://youtu.be/2cM6cEpJ1KI *Sheikh* *Anbar* http://youtu.be/TYvzgHfwavM * Sabouniyeh* http://youtu.be/Bkal_qiYZJY *Faiha* http://youtu.be/wei7aFM41mE *Kazo* http://youtu.be/rE-IjzvFxek *40th Street *http://youtu.be/zOff7eh6p-c *Aleppo Road* http://youtu.be/btdF6JBZV_Y *HAMA – THE PROVINCE * *Taybat Al-Imam* A martyr http://youtu.be/2cPfdtEoI_0 and a funeral http://youtu.be/dTLio2XXLVw *Rallies* *Hilfaya* http://youtu.be/fxSBNF0hUp4 *Taybat Al-Imam* http://youtu.be/7WaDN7c_M4M *Kafrenboudeh* http://youtu.be/nGKcEXQrcog * Ellatamneh* http://youtu.be/IA22GkBIE7c *Khattab* http://youtu.be/oo3dTp0qmrY *Karnaz* http://youtu.be/kljJZ6jkzN0 *DAMASCUS – THE CITY* *Student Rallies* *Daraya* http://youtu.be/MK0O6OzYmoQ , http://youtu.be/h_646-RB46A , http://youtu.be/t_-I61g4Jes *Barzeh* http://youtu.be/K45L_o7TwIw *Moadamiyeh* http://youtu.be/_JOSGlTLK6o *Rallies **Barzeb *(Night) http://youtu.be/UY0i5QJLEE4 , http://youtu.be/vZpRmx54rIg *Kafar Sousseh* http://youtu.be/nELa67VHIuU * Jobar* http://youtu.be/JiCGpVAgVuI *Midan* http://youtu.be/xj62GEA3R_Q , http://youtu.be/IRtRE5LI2RQ *Hajar Al-Aswad* http://youtu.be/2DLdFUm7g5E *DAMASCUS – THE NORTHERN SUBURBS* *Rallies* *Dmeir* http://youtu.be/PFyPELU2cAI *Yabroud* http://youtu.be/JeHqSqVYtDY *DAMASCUS – THE EASTERN SUBURBS * *Douma* a martyr http://youtu.be/ZEKvw1NDEDY and a funeral http://youtu.be/AQ9GwIq5puw a mourning ceremony http://youtu.be/_FuPmAvGnzkand a rally http://youtu.be/gh_67pF8AJw *Rallies* *Arbeen* http://youtu.be/4ANnvvldhaA *Hamouriyeh* http://youtu.be/7HylEFDpmn8 , http://youtu.be/-rGAZm_j3Hk *Saqba* http://youtu.be/pz88IHWDhfw *Harasta* http://youtu.be/ejmUKh6mXSI *Zamalka* http://youtu.be/40DqQpC4-DE *Kafar Batna* http://youtu.be/Jnzl3E3jstE *DAMASCUS – THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS * *Rallies* *Jdeidet Artouz* http://youtu.be/xvBprOQQtBg *DAMASCUS – THE WESTERN SUBURBS * Funeral for a martyred defector in *Hameh* http://youtu.be/TcwaLbNUwOs , http://youtu.be/7J7r6RT6Yvo *Rallies* *Madaya* http://youtu.be/z9_C9xWfmUo *Zabadani* http://youtu.be/sXurTXyru0M *Bseemah* http://youtu.be/dSPnqQhy_rg *IDLIB PROVINCE * *Sarjah* These are the victims of a massacres perpetrated by loyalist troops in the village of *Maar Dibseh, *the site of an earlier clash between loyalists and defectors that left many loyalists dead http://youtu.be/cR54FxoZMT8 , http://youtu.be/lFkLLXKWFZ0 , http://youtu.be/oY-yVD1qQtQ , http://youtu.be/aHAj-goAjXE , http://youtu.be/xjlbe7C2OcA The funeral http://youtu.be/rCpWEe0pWLI , http://youtu.be/7Ityv2X3ML4 In total, 11 people were killed. *Shanaan* martyr http://youtu.be/KsU5Ej1hTD0 His funeral http://youtu.be/OO-d5Gvq3XA Welcoming the AL monitors in *Jisr Ashoughour* http://youtu.be/eIOkXTjPo_kProtesters from nearby communities who were not allowed to enter the city for more than 7 months after loyalists cordoned the city tried to exploit the presence of monitors to enter the city but were soon fired upon http://youtu.be/SxK21SoKoOI leaving several casualties http://youtu.be/sgVmm6N6ZzI , http://youtu.be/C91YPwgqLgk Protesters remain defiant http://youtu.be/70ikpBqByG0 Still monitors meet some of the locals http://youtu.be/LNoof858ODg *Rallies* *Idlib City* http://youtu.be/pV6qbCHI3tI *Sarmeen* http://youtu.be/JfQvPYDtKV8 *Khan Shaikhoon* http://youtu.be/hGaqvHDzSJI * Kafrenbel* http://youtu.be/EhG6VZSe_IQ *Jisr Ashoughour* http://youtu.be/049xnCj_V64 *Binnish* http://youtu.be/mnasp6lTU18 *Eltamanah * http://youtu.be/pAgyxDP1zYE *Habeet* http://youtu.be/oreKbG27hho *Taftanaz * http://youtu.be/LQuyg9wGH0E *Ariha* http://youtu.be/o-dXoNPjuog *Ghadfeh* http://youtu.be/XpQInqidkVc *Kafar Yahmoul* http://youtu.be/syHQMrSwv5A * Jarjanaz* http://youtu.be/WIf0WYL6ex0 *Darkoush* http://youtu.be/J93mQ7hRUhM *Saramada* http://youtu.be/MFtlvjrEYOg *Jobas* http://youtu.be/zmJYm61loAc *DERAA – THE CITY * *Rallies* *Al-Balad* http://youtu.be/LtfVhEUHzJU *Mahatah* http://youtu.be/5z1bhaQ4slU *DERAA – THE PROVINCE (AKA HAURAN)* *Rallies* *Khirbet Ghazaleh* http://youtu.be/jO8KY7s-rvc Funeral in *Jbab* http://youtu.be/drD9VBq5NUk *Jizah* http://youtu.be/lzWwrZk2eA8 *Mseifrah* http://youtu.be/iNF7PBOr9-g *Tseel* http://youtu.be/LHAXRd9uIoc *Harrah* http://youtu.be/1MeVuiI9kcI *Nasseeb* http://youtu.be/BkXfmpxqTDQ *HASSAKEH PROVINCE * *Rallies* *Amoudeh* http://youtu.be/TJgNttXvIrc *ALEPPO – THE PROVINCE* *Rallies* *Anadan* http://youtu.be/hQU9UtebiFU *Turkmen Bareh* http://youtu.be/p7hX_uSSM2Y *Atareb* http://youtu.be/LrPWCXhxXNI *Routian* http://youtu.be/YDbRk10spC8 *Abeen* http://youtu.be/ajpdyi-WLLM *Marei* http://youtu.be/BY6MgfZ_lXY , http://youtu.be/WxwFJ6fzijo *Jineh* http://youtu.be/gd-_SaGSeww *Hreitan* http://youtu.be/tylPVzFY0JE [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> 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