Pressure: Assad addresses Syria, says emergency law will be lifted

Lifting the state of emergency has been a key demand during a wave of protests over the past four weeks. The demonstrations have posed the most serious challenge to President Bashar Assad’s authoritarian regime.

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The emergency laws give the regime a free hand to arrest people without charge and extend the state’s authority into virtually every aspect of Syrians’ lives.

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