{"id":145,"date":"2011-11-03T14:35:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T14:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/2011\/11\/03\/eyes-on-political-violence-in-syria\/"},"modified":"2011-11-03T14:35:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T14:35:00","slug":"eyes-on-political-violence-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/2011\/11\/03\/eyes-on-political-violence-in-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Eyes on Political Violence in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/11\/02\/141939266\/syria-accepts-arab-league-plan-to-end-crisis\">Syria accepted an Arab League plan<\/a> to end the political crisis that has transpired over the last seven months. It is being reported that the proposal calls for the withdrawal of tanks and armored vehicles from cities, halting the violence against protesters, and for the Assad regime to open dialogue with the opposition within two weeks. There is some skepticism over the weight this proposal will carry, however, as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2011-05-13\/syrian-protesters-shot-despite-ceasefire-orders\/2715388\">Syrian security forces have opened fire on protesters in the past despite ceasefire orders<\/a>, and reports are indicating that <a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2011\/11\/201111381935847935.html\">Syrian security forces have already violated this agreement by shelling residential areas of the city of Homs and killing four people<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/\">Amnesty International<\/a> has created an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eyesonsyria.org\/\">interactive map of the political violence in Syria<\/a>, which can be seen below:<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-g1iN_tocSJ8\/TrGQwKnykrI\/AAAAAAAAASM\/kMwJzIC5s-E\/s1600\/eysonsyria.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"291\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-g1iN_tocSJ8\/TrGQwKnykrI\/AAAAAAAAASM\/kMwJzIC5s-E\/s400\/eysonsyria.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">This screenshot from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eyesonsyria.org\/\">Amnesty International&#8217;s Eyes on Syria<\/a> displays deaths occurring in custody of government security forces.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The map displays stories &amp; photos and stories and videos for the following categories:<\/p>\n<p><b>Documentation-\u00a0<\/b>Deaths in Custody,\u00a0Harassment of Expatriates<br \/><b>International\u00a0Solidarity &#8211;\u00a0<\/b>Activism Stories<br \/><b>Urgent Actions and Web Actions &#8211;\u00a0<\/b>Take Action<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, Syria accepted an Arab League plan to end the political crisis that has transpired over the last seven months. 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