Syrian activists and artists abroad have been on hunger strike for almost two weeks, to draw attention to the atrocities being committed by the Syrian regime against their people.
In Cairo, six women, including prominent Syrian poet and writer Lina Tibi, have been camped [2] outside the Arab League headquarters for a week today [September 10, 2012], vowing that they will not end their hunger strike until their demands are met.
Tibi tweeted yesterday [ar]:
And on her Facebook page, she writes [5] [ar]:
أضرب لانه لم يعد بوسعه ان يجد قوت يومه ولان لا طعام ÙÙŠ مدن عديدة ÙÙŠ سوريا ولان الغلاء الÙاØØ´ صار بمنزلة الشر٠الكبرى
لمن ينادينا بÙÙƒ الاضراب نسأله اولا ان ÙŠÙÙƒ الاضراب عن شعبنا
Among their goals are:
@Mou2amara [6]: One aim of #StrikersForSyria hunger strike in #Cairo is for closure of #SuezCanal to #Iran & #Russia ships supplying arms to #Assad. #Egypt
The Cairo protesters are part of a huge group of activists off food to draw attention to the plight of Syrians.
On Twitter, former Syria resident Donatella tweets:
@donatelladr [7]: Many #Syria artists & activists living in #Egypt #France #Lebanon #Turkey #Germany #Spain #Jordan #KSA on hunger strike since Aug 26
Meanwhile, on Facebook, the Local Coordination Committees of Syria page posts [8] [ar] a statement on the hunger strike:
The statement names some of those taking part in the hunger strike and appeals to them to stop:
[….]
Ùإنها تتمنى على المضربين عن الطعام ÙÙƒ إضرابهم، باعتبار أن الرسالة وصلت، ويكÙينا الموت القادم من كل صوب
على أيدي آلة Øرب النظام ومرتزقته. Ùمعركة انتزاع الØرية لوطننا طويلة ومريرة Ùˆ تØتاج جهود الجميع، Ùˆ لاينبغي أن نخسر المزيد من Ø§Ù„Ø£Ø±ÙˆØ§Ø ÙƒÙŠÙ ÙŠÙ„ØªÙت العالم إلى معاناتنا، التي باتت Ø£ÙˆØ¶Ø Ù…Ù† الشمس الساطعة
It also hopes those on hunger strike will stop their actions because their message has reached those it was intended for. We have had enough death coming from all directions, at the hand of the war machine of the regime and its mercenaries. The war to extract freedom for our country is long and bitter and will need all our efforts and we shouldn’t risk more souls for the world to pay attention to our plight, now that it has become clear for all to see
For more reactions on Twitter, follow the hash tag #StrikersforSyria [9]in English and #مضربات_لاجل_سوريا [10] in Arabic.
This post is part of our special coverage Syria Protests 2011/12 [1].
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