PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> Syria's pro-democracy protests are showing no sign of easing.<br/> Nor is the deadly government backlash to crush them.<br/> The content of this amateur video could not be independently confirmed by Reuters.<br/> Syrian authorities expelled most independent media when the uprisings erupted in March.<br/> The video posted on a social media website appears to show a series of mass demonstrations, all said to have taken place in several cities after Friday prayers on September 23rd.<br/> Activists say 11 protesters died when Syrian forces fired live ammunition to disperse the crowds.<br/> They said reports from witnesses on the ground suggested nine of the casualties were in Homs.<br/> Another two were killed in Damascus.<br/> The United Nations says at least 2, 700 people have been killed so far, 100 of them children.<br/> Authorities say 700 police and army personnel have lost their lives at the hands of what they call terrorists and mutineers.<br/> There've also been allegations of reprisals against activists and their families.<br/> President Bashar al-Assad has pledged reforms and has changed some laws. His opponents say the measures have made no difference.<br/> Paul Chapman, Reuters
