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Syria cracks down on activists

2012-07-25 14 Dailymotion

Syrian security forces have raided activists' homes and made arrests overnight in Damascus on Sunday.<br /><br />On Saturday, security forces fired on protesters who had gathered at the funerals of those who were killed on Friday.<br /><br />In the last 24 hours, at least three people were killed in the Barzah neighbourhood of Damascus during a funeral, four mourners were killed during a funeral in Douma and reports indicate six people were killed in Izraa, to the south.<br /><br />In Baniyas, meanwhile, Daniel Saud, the head of one of Syria's human rights groups, was allegedly arrested from his home.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Bernard Smith reports.

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