It’s been over a month of brutal suppression, but protests in Syria are finally beginning to pay off.
Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, has appointed a new governor in the central city of Homs. More importantly, Al-Assad also issued a decree ending nearly five decades of emergency rule, abolishing the secretive state security courts.
A third decree said citizens would be granted “the right to peacefully demonstrate” and noted that this is one of the “basic human rights guaranteed by the Syrian constitution”.
While these decrees are essentially lip service without way to enforce accountability with the security forces, they’re still a positive sign that one of the Middle East’s most authoritarian regimes is cracking under the pressure of people power.
Massive protests are expected tomorrow in more than 40 cities across Syria. Good luck, freedom fighters!
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