EGYPT: Arab League's Syria observers present their report in Cairo, as anti-regime protesters gather outside the meeting.

Record ID: 280131

  • Title: EGYPT: Arab League's Syria observers present their report in Cairo, as anti-regime protesters gather outside the meeting.
  • Date: 9th January 2012
  • Summary: PROTESTERS
  • Embargoed: 24th January 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Egypt, Egypt
  • Country: Egypt
  • Topics: International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA9TNG56P9WC8XMBU9U5PPQSTBW
  • Story Text: Arab League monitors overseeing Syria's compliance with a deal to end the Syrian government's crackdown on protesters met in Cairo on Sunday (January 8) with Arab foreign ministers to discuss the findings of their mission.
    According to reports, Arab League monitors will say Syria is defying a plan to end its crackdown on peaceful protests.
    An initial report from the monitors will say violence by Syrian security forces against anti-government protesters continues and the military has failed to withdraw from cities.
    The Syrian government has only partially complied with its pledge to release political prisoners, with citizens complaining that some are still being detained in unknown locations, the pan-Arab satellite news channel said, citing leaked sections of the report.
    The Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo were to discuss whether to ask the United Nations to help their mission, which has failed to end a 10-month crackdown on unrest in which thousands of people have died, according to U.N. figures.
    Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani said on Friday there had been no end to the killing and the monitors could not stay in the country to "waste time".
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