Collective Action
Families of detainees arrested in the Abra case and supporters of jihadist sheikh Ahmad al-Assir stage a sit-in in Saida to demand the release of their relatives
وطنية - صيدا - نفذ أهالي الموقوفين والمحكومين في ملف أحداث عبرا اعتصاما، بعد صلاة الجمعة، أمام مسجد الزعتري في صيدا تحت عنوان" انقذوا السجناء قبل فوات الأوان، للمطالبة ب"إطلاق سراح السجناء". وطالب الشيخ خالد العارفي ب"إقرار قانون العفو من دون إستثناءات وإخراج جميع الموقوفين الإسلاميين، وعلى رأسهم العلماء، فهم سجناء سياسيون وليسوا إرهابيين".
Dozens of supporters of jihadist sheikh Ahmad al-Assir, who is serving prison time for his role in deadly 2013 clashes in Saida, held a sit-in after Friday prayers in front of Saida's Zaatari Mosque, demanding his release. The protesters raised pictures of Assir and placards calling for the immediate release of him and other detainees who had been arrested after the 2013 clashes. One sheikh gave a speech at the sit-in, demanding the release of “all prisoners without exception," describing the detainee's conditions as a “crime against humanity, as hunger, disease and death spread among them.
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