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Lebanese intellectuals gather in support of Syrian people
Aug 8, 2011, 22:02 GMT
Beirut - Some 200 Lebanese intellectuals and journalists along with Syrian opposition figures living in Lebanon, gathered late Monday in downtown Beirut to voice solidarity with the Syrian people.
Chanting for Syria's freedom and calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to leave, the demonstrators lit candles in memory of those killed on the hands of the Syrian security forces.
The participants held banners reading: 'If the Syrian revolution is a conspiracy, I am with conspiracy.'
'Supporting the Syrian regime is immoral,' read another banner.
More than 1,650 people and around 390 security personnel have been killed since protests calling for President Bashar al-Assad to leave office began in mid-March, according to local human rights advocates.
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