During the confrontation in Syria, killing more than 1000 people

Syrian Organization for Human Rights claims to have the names of 1100 people who died during the brutal suppression of popular unrest. Since the beginning of mass demonstrations Syrian authorities arrested more than 10,000 demonstrators. Despite such harsh measures, the opposition is preparing new protests, calling for the overthrow of the regime. The foreign ministers of EU countries have decided to Syrian President Bashar Assad in the list of persons who are denied access to the EU. Apart from him, in the black list now, another 13 names of Syrian officials whose assets in European banks are frozen, like the ITAR-TASS. On the eve of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in a telephone conversation with Syrian President expressed hope that the claimed Bashar Assad's reform course will be held the Syrian leadership as vigorously. In turn, Bashar al-Assad said that the Syrian leadership is doing and will do everything that guarantees the free expression of Syrian citizens, carried out peacefully. At the same time, the Syrian leadership does not intend to allow the actions of radical and fundamentalist groups.