Talk:Statement of 1000

deletion debate
Dear Mr Haworth, This statement of 1000 presents an important phase in the history of Syria. It was signed by 1000 intellectuals in a country that is governed by a "1984 or The Big Brother is Watching you" Regime. It presented a great challenge for the regime. Many people have been imprisoned because of it. We have been asked many times about it and since I could not find good sources on the net, I extracted this passage from Alan George's book, Syria: Neither Bread Nor Freedom (London: Zed Books, 2003). I also added the whole statement but then you deleted it because it does not suit the Wikipedia roles and I absolutely respected your decision. I will be thankful to keep this article that presents an importance for the researchers who are looking now for what happened in Syrian during the period of Bashar Assad's government. You know there is a revolution now in Syria ... Massacres are being committed everywhere in there and most of the researchers are concerned about studying its situation and it will be really helpful for them to get to know about this statement that costed some Syrian intellectuals years in prison! &mdash; Majdeid (talk) 12:34, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Stop waffling and add some links to significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources to the article. &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 12:52, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Women's rights in Syria - the red link
For someone interested in replacing the red link in and not sure what the article name should be, have a look below:

Boud (talk) 17:45, 2 November 2012 (UTC)