From glasnost to the Arab Spring

American Enterprise Institute – From glasnost to the Arab Spring: the moral foundation of anti-authoritarian revolutions.

Ammar Abdulhamid: Death But Not Humiliation 

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Assad’s Failure to Stop Syria Massacres Puts Him in the Crosshairs

Quoted by Patrick Martin, The Globe and Mail – Canada

“All killings are now sectarian in character,” said Ammar Abdulhamid, a Syrian activist and fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington. “The killers are Alawites; the victims Sunnis.”

Death Toll Climbs Now in Hama Bombing

Quoted by Rhonda Parker, Examiner.com

However, as Washington-based Syrian pro-democracy advocate Ammar Abdulhamid stated on his Syrian Revolution Digest website, “This revolution is against the Assad regime not just against Assad, the sooner the Russians and Chinese understand that the better.”

For Tuesday’s death toll, Adulhamid also documents a total of 54; with 15 dead in the town of Hiffeh (Lattakia Province), 13 in Hama; 9 in Homs; 5 in daraa; 2 in Aleppo, 3 in Damascus and 1 in Hassakeh.