National News Agency reported on Sunday that Lebanese activists and political and social figures in the town of Aley called for a rally on Saturday night in support of the Syrian activist Shibli al-Ayssami—a leading Syrian opposition member and one of the founders of the Baath Party— and condemning his disappearance while walking in the city.
The rally took the same path that Ayssami took before disappearing and raised the latter’s pictures and banners condemning his kidnapping and calling for his release, the report added.
Minister of the Displaced Akram Chehayeb, who participated in the rally, called on the security forces to free Ayssami adding that this cause will be never forgotten, the report read.
The Syrian Council for Human Rights on May 26 reported that Ayssami went missing in Aley while having a walk in the streets of the city.
The Syrian government is engaged in a deadly crackdown on protesters who since March have been demanding the end of 48 years of rule by the Baath party, which is controlled by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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