Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Syria Government Arrests Reach 1,000 As Crackdown Continues: Rights Group

BEIRUT — Syrian authorities have arrested more than 1,000 people and many more have been reported missing in the latest sweep aimed at crushing the uprising against President Bashar Assad, a human rights group said Tuesday.

Ammar Qurabi, who heads the National Organization for Human Rights in Syria, said the 1,000 detentions were made since Saturday in house-to-house raids across the country.


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