Today is blog discussion day.
Canada map test Wednesday. :(
Causes of uprising
- Authoritarian government
- lack of an effective constitution
- government corruption
- unemployment
- inspiration from other countries
Goals of uprising
- resignation of Bashar al-Assad
- democratic reforms
- regime change (50 years rule)
- expand civil rights
- recognition of kurdish rights
- abolition of supreme state security court
- lifting of the emergency law (48 years)
5 perminent nations
- Us
- China
- Russia
- Uk
- France
United Nations- Peace
United Nations Security Council- is one of the principal organs of the United Nations and is charged with the maintenance of international peace and security
17 January 1946 at Church House, Westminster, London.
The Protests
- marches in streets, hunger strikes, rioting, and vandalism
- since summer 2011 armed militia groups have started to fight back against the government
Government response
- tanks and snipers to stop protesters
- water and electricity have been shut off
- confiscating flour and food
- soldiers who have refused to open fire against civilians were summarily executed by the Syrian Army
- Rape
- Tourture
- Killing of woman and children
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