Syrian Arab News Agency S A N A
Hama, SANA- Citizens have gathered outside the governorate building in al-Asi Square in Hama City demanding to lift the decades-long sanctions imposed on Syria since the reasons for imposing them no longer exist after the fall of the former regime.
The protest took place on Saturday, and it was organized by the Bar Association branch in Hama, in cooperation with representatives of various popular and professional activities.
Protesters waved banners affirming that the continuation of the U.S. and EU sanctions imposed on Syria causes great suffering to the Syrian people, especially children.
They called on the US, the European Union, and the international community to immediately lift these unjust sanctions, so that people could rebuild their country and turn the page of the injustice, killing, and sabotage that the former regime was practicing against them.
In a statement to SANA’s reporter, Chairman of the Bar Association Council in Hama, Ahmad Badi, said that the international community must work on lifting the unfair sanctions imposed on the Syrian people, as long as the reason for imposing them, i.e. the former regime, no longer exists.
“The continuation of sanctions is unjustifiable, and it undermines the efforts to rebuild Syria and hinders efforts, projects and initiatives to improve the lives of Syrians and alleviate their suffering,” Badi added.
Ruaa al-Jazaeri
