{"id":2353,"date":"2021-05-26T21:50:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T18:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/?p=2353"},"modified":"2024-01-10T13:37:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T10:37:38","slug":"achrs-statement-on-the-presidential-elections-in-syria-election-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/2021\/05\/26\/achrs-statement-on-the-presidential-elections-in-syria-election-day\/","title":{"rendered":"ACHRS Statement on the Presidential Elections in Syria &#8211; Election Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ACHRS-Statement-Syrian-Elections.pdf\">here <\/a>to download our statement on the presidential elections in Syria &#8211; election day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Our statement in a nutshell<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>President Bashar al-Assad is set to win a fourth seven-year term in today\u2019s Syrian presidential elections in what has been condemned by the Syrian opposition and Western countries as a sham. The vote will further extend Assad\u2019s grip over Syria after several years of bloody conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Human rights violations: Freedom of speech, freedom of assembly\/participation.<\/p>\n<p>The Amman Center for Human Rights Studies condemns that lack of democratic guarantees that the Syrian presidential elections offer, namely the lack of a genuine opposition to Assad.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ACHRS-Statement-Syrian-Elections.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"both\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">ACHRS Statement Syrian Elections<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to download our statement on the presidential elections in Syria &#8211; election day. Our statement in a nutshell President Bashar al-Assad is set to win a fourth seven-year term in today\u2019s Syrian presidential elections in what has been condemned by the Syrian opposition and Western countries as a sham. 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