Bulgaria Insists Syria Free Mazen Darwish in Harsh Statement

An undated handout photograph made available by the Local Coordination Committes (LCC) in Syria on 18 February 2012, shows Syrians holding a placards and a revolutionary flag, during a protest in Marea, Allepo, Syria, 17 February 2012. EPA/BGNES

Bulgaria has insisted that the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad free all political prisoners.

In a special statement of Bulgarian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Vesela Cherneva, the Bulgarian government specially insisted Thursday that Syria let go Syrian human rights activist Mazer Darwish.

Darwish, Director of the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression, was arrested by the regime on Thursday.

"We express our concern for the life and safety of Mr. Darwish, his wife, and the other detainees," the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said.

"This act (Darwish's arrest – editor's note) is one more attempt of the Syrian regime to restrict the freedom of speech, and to use repressions in order to crack down on its political opponents," spokesperson Cherneva declared Saturday.

The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry further pointed out that the Syrian authorities are continuing their military actions "against their own people."

"We condemn strongly the bombardments against the cities of Homs, Zabadai, Hama, and Deraa. The regime in Damascus must cease immediately the murders of innocent citizens, including many children," Cherneva stated regarding the situation in Syria where mass protests and unrest against the Assad regime started about a year ago.

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