'Activists .. posted footage on YouTube of protests in Homs and in the Midan district of Damascus and protests also took place in Hama and in the Jassem area near Daraa.'<blockquote>'Syrian protesters pledged on Wednesday to press ahead with their "revolution" in the face of sweeping arrests by authorities, as France called for sanctions targeting President Bashar al-Assad.
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Amnesty International said a "wave of arrests of anti-government protesters intensified over the weekend."
"The use of unwarranted lethal force, arbitrary detention and torture appear to be the desperate actions of a government that is intolerant of dissent and must be halted immediately," said Amnesty's Middle East and North Africa deputy director Philip Luther.
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On the ground Tuesday, some 3,000 people demonstrated in the northern port and oil terminal of Banias, demanding the lifting of the siege of Daraa an activist said.
Activists also posted footage on YouTube of protests in Homs and in the Midan district of Damascus and protests also took place in Hama and in the Jassem area near Daraa.'
- AFP,
Syria protesters vow to stay firm on 'revolution', 4 May 2011</blockquote>