Assad announces amnesty again

21 June 2011 | 19:11 Code : 13975 Latest Headlines

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday again proclaimed a general amnesty.All people who have committed crimes between May 31 and June 20 are at large.That the state news agency SANA reported Tuesday.

The president provided at the end of May even though a pardon to all political refugees.Hundreds of people were then free, according to human rights organizations.

Assad said Monday the nation in a televised speech.He offered no prospect of a way out of the bloody impasse.He had no reforms, as long as there is chaos in his country.

The supporters of Assad went to the streets en masse Tuesday in Damascus to support him.The protesters went to the Syrian flags and portraits Omeyyadesplein with the president.They called, among other things: 'We will sacrifice for you, Bashar''.In the northern city of Homs were supporters of Assad street are gone.

Syria protests to the public for months against the repressive regime of Assad.He lets his security apparatus tough action against protesters.There are already more than 1600 deaths.More than 10,000 Syrians fled to Turkey.Thousands of people have been arrested.