Children's Graffiti Sparked Wave of Syrian Protests

(Financial Times-UK) Roula Khalaf - Inspired by the images of Arab revolutions incessantly shown on pan-Arab satellite TV, schoolchildren in Daraa wrote on walls some of the anti-regime slogans they were hearing, only to find themselves detained by the police. Their families took to the streets last week to protest against the arrest of their children, leading to a Syrian government crackdown.


2011-03-24 00:00:00

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