Syrians Call For Their Own Facebook-Powered Revolution
Tunisia and Egypt's uprisings continue to embolden people in other middle eastern nations to call for their own protests via social media. Syria became the latest to do so, as Facebook posts are organizing peaceful demonstrations for this Thursday and Friday.
Tunisia, Egypt and Sudan’s uprisings continue to embolden people elsewhere in the middle east to call for their own protests via social media. Syria became the latest to do so, as Facebook posts are organizing demonstrations in Damascus Thursday through Friday.
The demonstrations aim to show solidarity with Egypt, supposedly without any of the violence that has erupted there, or at least that’s what the organizers have told the media. Like activists in that nation, Syrians are accessing Facebook through proxies, as the site is officially banned in Syria.
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