{"id":425969,"date":"2011-05-18T08:20:54","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T08:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/18\/syria-ituc-supports-call-for-general-strike-on-wednesday-may-18\/"},"modified":"2011-05-18T08:20:54","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T08:20:54","slug":"syria-ituc-supports-call-for-general-strike-on-wednesday-may-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/18\/syria-ituc-supports-call-for-general-strike-on-wednesday-may-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria: ITUC supports call for general strike on Wednesday, May 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"100.62745098\">\n<p>You Are Here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/category\/africa-international\/\" title=\"View all posts in Africa\/International\" rel=\"category tag\">Africa\/International<\/a> \u00bb Syria: ITUC supports call for general strike on Wednesday, May 18<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Page last updated at Wednesday, May 18, 2011 8:08 AM \/\/ <\/span><\/div>\n<p>As the repression continues, Syria\u2019s opposition has called for a general strike on Wednesday 18 May.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRefusing to work is the only weapon the Syrian people have against the bullets, the tanks, the arrests and all the other brutal excesses of the Assad regime.\u00a0 The International Trade Union Movement (ITUC) supports this courageous strike for fundamental freedoms and social justice,\u201d said Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the ITUC.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement issued by the ITUC Press in Brussels, copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to non-governmental organisations, at least 700 people have died in the repression so far, including hundreds in Deraa, while at least 8,000 have been arrested around the country. But information and eye-witness reports cannot be independently verified.<\/p>\n<p>Local journalists and cyber-activists are the target of fierce repression.<\/p>\n<p>Sharan Burrow said \u201cAs it was in Syria and Egypt, and still is in Libya and Bahrain, press freedom is being blatantly suppressed in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they want their denials to have any credibility, the Syrian regime, which became notorious in 1982 for the massacre of over 20,000 people in 24 hours in Hama, must allow the international press to work freely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe regime must allow humanitarian and human rights organisations do their job, as foreseen in international law\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Sharan Burrow, who is urging the international community to finally take action to put an end to the massacre, said \u201cThis extremely serious situation deserves the full attention of the United Nations\u2019 Secretary General, and the International Criminal Court\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The official government-controlled trade union centre has absolutely nothing to do with the opposition\u2019s strike call, and instead has followed the line of the Assad regime, describing the reform movement as a \u201cconspiracy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Assad regime must end this violent repression immediately, open genuine dialogue with the opposition and authorise the creation of legitimate civil society organisations, notably bona fide trade unions capable of fighting for decent work and against the poverty that has caused the people to rebel,\u201d concluded Sharan Burrow.<\/p>\n<p>The ITUC represents 175 million workers in 305 affiliated national organisations from 151 countries and territories.<\/p>\n<p>Source: GNA<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>| | <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Currently%20reading%20http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/05\/18\/syria-ituc-supports-call-for-general-strike-on-wednesday-may-18\/\" title=\"Click to send this page to Twitter!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet This!<\/a> | <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>Comments<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/05\/18\/syria-ituc-supports-call-for-general-strike-on-wednesday-may-18\/\" title=\"Syria: ITUC supports call for general strike on Wednesday, May 18\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Syria: ITUC supports call for general strike on Wednesday, May 18<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> You Are Here: Home \u00bb Africa\/International \u00bb Syria: ITUC supports call for general strike on Wednesday, May 18 Page last updated at Wednesday, May 18, 2011 8:08 AM \/\/ As the repression continues, Syria\u2019s opposition has called for a general strike on Wednesday 18 May. \u201cRefusing to work is the only weapon the Syrian people have against the bullets, the tanks, the arrests and all the other brutal excesses of the Assad regime.\u00a0 The International Trade Union Movement (ITUC) supports this courageous strike for fundamental freedoms and social justice,\u201d said Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the ITUC. This was contained in a statement issued by the ITUC Press in Brussels, copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Tuesday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-425969","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Syria: ITUC supports call for general strike on Wednesday, May 18 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/18\/syria-ituc-supports-call-for-general-strike-on-wednesday-may-18\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Syria: ITUC supports call for general strike on Wednesday, May 18 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"You Are Here: Home \u00bb Africa\/International \u00bb Syria: ITUC supports call for general strike on Wednesday, May 18 Page last updated at Wednesday, May 18, 2011 8:08 AM \/\/ As the repression continues, Syria\u2019s opposition has called for a general strike on Wednesday 18 May. \u201cRefusing to work is the only weapon the Syrian people have against the bullets, the tanks, the arrests and all the other brutal excesses of the Assad regime.\u00a0 The International Trade Union Movement (ITUC) supports this courageous strike for fundamental freedoms and social justice,\u201d said Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the ITUC. 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