Syria: democracy protests spread
Pro-democracy protests have spread to the Syrian capital, Damascus. On Friday at least 15 people were shot dead in Douma, a satellite of Damascus. On Saturday, Syrian security forces arrested dozens of people, mostly in Deraa and Douma. Those that have been arrested have been brutalised and tortured. On Sunday. thousands marched in Douma as eight of those gunned down were buried. The crowd chanted “Down with the regime!” Hafez Assad ran Syria as a one-party police state from 1971 until 2000. The current President, Bashar Assad, has ruled in a similar way since his father’s death. Posters and...