George Galloway Praises Syrian Dictator

Galloway called Assad "the last Arab ruler" because of his steadfast support for terrorism against Israel and the US.
He said that the Syrian people should be happy to have Assad as their "president".
He called Syria a "Democracy" in his speech in Damascus.
Shortly before the massive Lebanese uprising which kicked the Syrian army out of Lebanon, Galloway justified the Syrian occupation of Lebanon by saying:
"Syrian troops in Lebanon maintain stability and protect the country from Israel."
He went on to express opposition to UN Resolution 1559, which urges the Lebanese government to establish control over all its territory.

The human rights record of Syria (which Galloway denies):
A state of emergency has been in effect since 1963 and it gives "security forces sweeping powers of arrest and detention," according to Amnesty International.
Syria is a one-party state without free elections and "freedom of expression and association remain strictly controlled."
In 2009 "hundreds of people were arrested and hundreds of others remained imprisoned for political reasons". Military Police were reported to have killed at least 17 detainees. Human rights defenders have been harassed and persecuted. Women and minorities face discrimination.
According to Human Rights Watch, as of 2009 Syria's poor human rights situation had "deteriorated further". Authorities arrested political and human rights activists, censored websites, detained bloggers, and imposed travel bans. Syria's multiple security agencies continue to detain people without arrest warrants. No political parities were licensed and emergency rule, imposed in 1963, remained in effect.
Amnesty International reports, "members of the Kurdish minority faced discrimination; many were effectively stateless and denied equal access to social and economic rights. Women were subject to discrimination and gender-based violence. Sixteen civilians were killed in a bomb explosion which state media attributed to an armed group.
the Syrian government's "respect for human rights worsened". Members of the security forces arrested and detained individuals without providing just cause, often held prisoners in "lengthy pretrial and incommunicado detention", and "tortured and physically abused prisoners and detainees". The regime imposed significant restrictions on freedom of speech, press, assembly, and association, amid an atmosphere of government corruption.
the current regime has one of the worst records on freedom of expression in the Arab world.
According to a 2008 report by Reporters without Borders, "Journalists have to tightly censor themselves for fear of being thrown into Adra prison."
In June 2010, Mohannad al-Hassani, head of the Syrian Organisation for Human Rights and winner of the 2010 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders, was convicted of "weakening national morale" and "conveying within Syria false news that could debilitate the morale of the nation". He was sentenced to three years in prison.
Among the scores of prisoners of conscience arrested in 2009, and hundreds political prisoners already in prison, some of the more prominent prisoners were
Kamal al-Labwani, a prisoner of conscience who had three years added to his 12 year sentence for allegedly "broadcasting false or exaggerated news which could affect the morale of the country", on account of remarks he was alleged to have made in his prison cell.
Mesh'al al-Tammo, spokesperson for the unauthorized Kurdish Future Current group, who was `held incommunicado for 12 days and charged with "aiming to provoke civil war or sectarian fighting", "conspiracy" and three other charges commonly brought against Kurdish activists,` charges that could lead to the death penalty.
twelve leaders of a prominent gathering of opposition groups, the Damascus Declaration, continue to serve 30-month prison terms.
Habib Saleh was sentenced to three years in jail for "spreading false information" and "weakening national sentiment" in the form of writing articles criticizing the government and defending opposition figure Riad al-Turk.
Human Rights Watch reported on the continued detention of "thousands" of political prisoners in Syria, "many of them members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood and the Communist Party." According to the Syrian Human Rights Committee that there were 4,000 political prisoners held in Syrian jails in 2006
As of 2009, the fate of thousands of people detained or abducted by Syrian forces or their allies, remains unknown. Some 17,000 people, mostly Islamists were victims of enforced disappearance in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Hundreds of Lebanese and Palestinians were detained in Syria or abducted from Lebanon by Syrian forces or Lebanese and Palestinian militias, are unaccounted for.
While there is no official state religion, the Constitution requires that the president be Muslim and stipulates that Islamic jurisprudence is a principal source of legislation

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[4183lholmes]

tony blair and the royal family are just as bad dont forget we gave this guy a state visit he stayed in buckingham palace and all the time blair and the royals knew this guy was a dictator its all about the oil and money

[GallowayWatch]

@4183lholmes at least they stopped defending him after he started to slaughter his own people for demonstrating against him. Galloway still defends him

[yeovil50]

@gar77772221able1 Not being rude here, but have you ever heard of Halabja? and what the Hussein regime commited there? If not I guess you look it up. After this genocidal massacre , Galloway went to Baghdad and and said in the eyes of Sadam Hussein "Sir, I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatigability". I would say that is a pretty extreme charge proven wouldn't you?

[yeovil50]

@gar77772221able1 One of Galloway's biggest payers is the theocraitcal Islamic Republic of Iran!. I reiterate what ı initially commented on, Galloway is a hypocrite! However, don't worry, he is not the only one within the bounds of the UK. Blair for exampe amongst others. Have you ever been to Damascus by any chance and spoken to ordinary Syrians within the last year?. The West is being deciveed, through Western media, that the majority of the Syrian population want change. That is not the case.

[cozener1]

Galloway found out again! What a stupid piece of flotasm this little man is. A fuckwit to be sure!

[lifeschild1]

Galloway is an idiotic foolish turd!

[4183lholmes]

@irishxxkelt china have the money thats why the west are sucking up to them the west dont like to bring up the human rights incase of upsetting the chinese its double standards realy oh yeh putin as always been corrupt bet hes only won the election once and the rest of the time the votes have been stolen like in zimbabwe,assad wont survive iam confident of that the ball has started rolling now and it cant be stopped

[cozener1]

Lies galore from our resident shit.

[Albert18264]

No doubt Gayoway sucked hard on his dick and swallowed a full nutsack while having multiple orgasms jerking himself off in a full blown mode wanking frenzy .

[irishxxkelt]

@4183lholmes Yes and it makes me sick that the Irish government is hosting a member of the Chinese goverment. They persecute so many of its own people. Putin is a tyrant. I doubt if Assad will be in power next year. The last time I was in Syria was 6 years ago and all the young people thought Assad was the best thing since sliced bread. If he survives he will be hated and destested.

[4183lholmes]

@irishxxkelt well russia and china wont get involved there just has bad with there human rights i think it will come to an end and the leader will fall but it could be done alot quicker if there was an intervention and save human lives rather than it dragging out iran will be next i think there has been small protest the people are still scared of the leaders but the mask is falling and the leaders r getting worried all these dictators there days r numbered

[irishxxkelt]

@4183lholmes Yes, and her family come from Homs which is being under a dreadful attack by the army. I don't know if America and Britain will go in soon. NATO went in because Libya has oil, good quality oil. Gaddafy wanted to be paid in gold and was going to give more to China and Russia. Russia has a naval base in Syria by the way.

[4183lholmes]

@irishxxkelt hes got a brittish wife which iam shocked thought she would know what kind of family she is getting involved in wonder what she thinks about him killing his own people,i think brittain and america should go in cus the people cant bring him down with out help iam not a fan of war but when inocent people are been killed we cant just stand and watch and i truly hope they get democracy