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Syrian Embassy profiling Kurdish protesters

IMCer | 13.03.2008 01:47 | Repression | Birmingham | London | World

Some 100 Syrian Kurds from across the country held a protest yesterday (Wednesday, March 12th) at the Syrian embassy in London to commemorate the so-called Qamishly Uprising in 2004, where tens of Kurdish rioters were killed and thousands arrested by the Syrian police and army. The demo was again restricted and 'penned in' but one protester, wearing traditional Kurdish cloths, was allowed to deliver a protest letter to the embassy.

A digital video camera was seen in the embassy's windows filming protesters, presumably to profile and punish them, either directly, if they ever returned to Syria, or by proxy, through intimidating their families back home.

the start of the demo
the start of the demo

protesters trying to get nearer to the embassy
protesters trying to get nearer to the embassy

barriers brought in
barriers brought in

penned in
penned in













delivering a protest letter to the ambassy
delivering a protest letter to the ambassy


a video camera in the embassy's wwindow filming protesters
a video camera in the embassy's wwindow filming protesters


See also last year's demo:
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/03/364941.html

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