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 200 Kurds rally outside Swedish parliament against Syrian regime

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200 Kurds rally outside Swedish parliament against Syrian regime  10.10.2011  

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October 10, 2011

STOCKHOLM,— Some 200 people held a rally against the Syrian regime near Sweden's parliament Sunday, calling on Stockholm and the European Union "to support the revolution in Syria".

Some demonstrators brought posters of Mish'al Tammo, a Syrian Kurdish opposition figure assassinated Friday as the Damascus regime continued its relentless crackdown on pro-democracy activists.

A Swedish police officer, questioned by AFP, said roughly 200 people attended the rally.       

"We are here to support the opposition to the Syrian regime," said Lalesh Hajo, a Syrian Kurd who has lived in Sweden for 15 years and who brought his baby to the demonstration in a stroller.

"We are battling against a dictator ... our struggle is just," another activist said.

The United Nations estimates that more than 2,900 people have died protesting against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad since March 15th.

Police in several European cities detained protestors over the weekend after they stormed Syrian diplomatic missions, including the country's embassies in Berlin and Vienna as well as its UN mission compound in Geneva.

Those protests, which largely involved Syrian Kurds, were also believed to be linked to Tammo's death.

Tammo, 53, was one of the Kurdish opposition leaders against the Syrian regime, and is head and spokesman for the Kurdish Future Current Movement in Syria. He was also a member of the executive committee of the newly formed Syrian National Council,www.ekurd.net a broad front bringing together opposition figures inside and outside the country in an attempt to unite the dispersed dissident movement.
 

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