Arab League observers are visiting three flashpoint cities in Syria on Wednesday as the government announced the release of hundreds of prisoners.
A day after touring the restive Homs region, mission leader Sudanese General Mohammed Dabi said observers plan to travel to Hama, Idlib and Daraa. The regions have been hotspots for protests against the government of President Bashar al-Assad during a continuing crackdown.
Dabi says observers did not see "anything frightening" during their Tuesday visit to Homs. He said the city was "quiet" and there were no clashes.
The comments came despite activists' reports Tuesday that Syrian forces fired tear gas and live ammunition at thousands of demonstrators in Homs. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says six people were killed there and 15 protest-related deaths were reported nationwide.
On Wednesday, activists said that some Homs residents refused to meet with observers because they were accompanied by a Syrian army officer.
Meanwhile, a human rights group accused Syria of transferring prisoners to military facilities in order to hide them from the observers. Syrian state media said Wednesday the government released 755 prisoners.
But Human Rights Watch says hundreds of inmates were transferred shortly before the arrival of the observers, who are monitoring government pledges to halt a violent crackdown and release political dissidents.阿拉伯国家联盟的观察员星期三访问叙利亚的抗议多发城市,同时叙利亚政府宣布释放数百名囚犯。一天前,这些观察员巡视了动荡的霍姆斯地区。该代表团团长达比将军说,他们计划巡视霍姆斯、伊德利卜和德拉。这些地区一直是反政府抗议的焦点。阿萨德总统在继续镇压抗议。
达比将军说,观察员们星期二巡视霍姆斯的时候没有看到任何令人惊恐不安的事情。他说,霍姆斯很安静,没有冲突发生。
尽管活动人士星期二报告说,叙利亚军队在霍姆斯向数千名示威者发射催泪弹和实弹,达比还是作出上述评论。
叙利亚人权观察说,星期二,叙利亚军队在霍姆斯打死六人,全国有15人死于跟抗议有关的冲突。
星期三,活动人士称,一些霍姆斯居民拒绝会晤观察员,因为观察员有一名叙利亚军官陪同。
同时,一个人权组织指责叙利亚把囚犯转移出军事设施,以便不让观察员看到他们。叙利亚国营媒体星期三称,政府释放了755名囚犯。
但是人权观察表示,观察员抵达前几个小时,数百名囚犯被转移。观察员在监督政府是否按照承诺停止暴力镇压并释放政治犯。
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