A Lawyers’ Union Demands Justice and Political Reform in Syria
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Trials, Judges, Lawyers, Human Rights, Discrimination, Prejudice
- Curriculum: Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: Middle East, Syria
- Date: 1978-1980
Article abstract: In the midst of a wave of political repression, the Damascus chapter of the Syrian Bar Association initiated a challenge to the regime to restore due process and basic civil rights.
Summary of Event
Governed after 1963 by the secular Ba‘ath Party, Syria has confronted not only external enemies such as Israel, Iraq, and Lebanese radicals, but also challenges from within. After his rise to leadership of the Ba‘ath (“renaissance”) and the nation in 1970, Hafez al-Assad’s most serious popular challenge came from the Sunni Muslim...
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