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People of Lebanon protest China & Russia’s support of massacres in Syria July 24, 2012 Dozens of people protested at the Russian embassy in Beirut on Tuesday, denouncing Syrian regime massacres while calling on Russia and China to change their positions on the crisis. The protesters — both Syrians and Lebanese — held up posters denouncing the violence in neighboring Syria, where rights activists say more than 19,000 people have been killed in a 16-month uprising. “We also wrote the names some of the martyrs on sheets of paper, turning them into paper planes and launching them at the Russian embassy building,” a 30-year-old Lebanese activist told AFP on condition of anonymity. “I think more and more people are becoming sympathetic to the Syrian people’s demands,” she said. But when protests were held in Lebanon early on in the uprising, “pro-Syrian regime thugs came to beat up protesters who took to the streets, scaring many people off from demonstrating again.” The protesters also held up signs denouncing Russia and China for providing “cover” for the regime of President Bashar al-Assad since the revolt began in March 2011, organizers said. Earlier this month, Russia together with China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Syria for the third time in nine months. Source

People of Lebanon protest China & Russia’s support of massacres in Syria

July 24, 2012

Dozens of people protested at the Russian embassy in Beirut on Tuesday, denouncing Syrian regime massacres while calling on Russia and China to change their positions on the crisis.

The protesters — both Syrians and Lebanese — held up posters denouncing the violence in neighboring Syria, where rights activists say more than 19,000 people have been killed in a 16-month uprising.

“We also wrote the names some of the martyrs on sheets of paper, turning them into paper planes and launching them at the Russian embassy building,” a 30-year-old Lebanese activist told AFP on condition of anonymity.

“I think more and more people are becoming sympathetic to the Syrian people’s demands,” she said.

But when protests were held in Lebanon early on in the uprising, “pro-Syrian regime thugs came to beat up protesters who took to the streets, scaring many people off from demonstrating again.”

The protesters also held up signs denouncing Russia and China for providing “cover” for the regime of President Bashar al-Assad since the revolt began in March 2011, organizers said.

Earlier this month, Russia together with China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Syria for the third time in nine months.

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  22. mochente said: The Syrian conflict isn’t black and white, and Russia/China oppose it more because it sets a dangerous precedent, when any country can invade a sovereign nation for perceived human rights abuses. This story plays into the western narrative.
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