Anti-government activists start to organize in Syria, Sudan

Mon, 31 Jan 2011

Cairo - Activists looking for democratic reforms in Syria and Sudan have begun to organize on Facebook and other social media outlets.

A Facebook group of Syrians, completely in the Arabic language, managed to get over 6,000 members in just two days, under the title "Syrian Revolution against (President) Bashar al-Assad."

The group's manifesto calls for citizens to protest on February 4 and says they should "no longer keep silent about injustices." The drafters say they drew inspiration from events in Egypt and Tunisia.

Meanwhile, in Sudan, a student has died from wounds sustained when he was beaten by police during violent anti-government demonstrations in Khartoum, calling for reforms in the country.

Those protests were also organized online under the name the January 30th Group, and gathered 17,000 members on Facebook.

A smaller group in impoverished Yemen also formed on the social media website.

Egypt has cut off all internet in the country since Friday, in an effort to contain growing unrest.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/365207,start-organise-syria-sudan.html.