BEIRUT: A gathering will be held
Tuesday in the mountain town of Aley to demand that a Syrian dissident who went
missing last year be freed, as his family prepares to escalate their campaign
for his release.
A Progressive Socialist Party
official told The Daily Star that protesters will gather at 4 p.m. at the
entrance to Aley, in an event called the “Tuesday of Loyalty and Freedom for
longtime political activist and intellectual Shibli Aisamy.”
“We are preparing for escalatory
moves so that he is released safely,” said a statement from Aisamy’s family.
Aisamy, 88, who was once a Syrian vice president, disappeared last May while
out walking in Aley. His family says it was informed that he is currently in
Syria.
“We call upon the honorable and
loyal people of Jabal al-Arab in Syria along with Lebanon and Jordan to take
action on the ground to pressure the Syrian regime to release him,” said his
family.
“We remained silent over the past nine months in
order to give a chance to diplomatic and political efforts through local and
international channels,” added the statement. “But unfortunately, this did not
lead to any effective result.”
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