Conley
01-15-2012, 10:11 AM
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has granted a general amnesty for all crimes committed during the 10-month uprising, state-run media report.
It would apply to army deserters who turned themselves in before the end of January, peaceful protesters and those who handed in unlicensed weapons, Sana state news agency is quoted as saying.
The UN says more than 14,000 people are in detention.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Mr Assad to end the violence.
"Stop the violence. Stop killing your people. The path of repression is a dead end," Mr Ban said in a speech at a conference on Arab world democracy in Beirut.
President Assad has issued several prisoner amnesties since the start of the uprising in March, but thousands of people are believed to remain in prison.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16565567
So he's offered amnesty before but everyone is still locked up. Now he is offering amnesty if people turn themselves in. If I'm one of them no way am I going to trust this guy. Show up for amnesty and get locked up with the rest of them. The UN is saying 5,000 civilians killed, 400 since the Arab League started monitoring. With all the attention on Iran now this could fester for a while.
It would apply to army deserters who turned themselves in before the end of January, peaceful protesters and those who handed in unlicensed weapons, Sana state news agency is quoted as saying.
The UN says more than 14,000 people are in detention.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Mr Assad to end the violence.
"Stop the violence. Stop killing your people. The path of repression is a dead end," Mr Ban said in a speech at a conference on Arab world democracy in Beirut.
President Assad has issued several prisoner amnesties since the start of the uprising in March, but thousands of people are believed to remain in prison.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16565567
So he's offered amnesty before but everyone is still locked up. Now he is offering amnesty if people turn themselves in. If I'm one of them no way am I going to trust this guy. Show up for amnesty and get locked up with the rest of them. The UN is saying 5,000 civilians killed, 400 since the Arab League started monitoring. With all the attention on Iran now this could fester for a while.