In protest of government's decision to stop employing them, a sit in by students of Aleppo university ends in detention

The human rights society in Syria announced that several Syrian students were detained yesterday in the city of Aleppo on the background of a peaceful sit in they had organized, in protest of a presidential decree issued several weeks ago and stated "ending the state's obligation to employ engineers with their various specializations" in the state departments.

Later, a statement issued by member if the board of the Arab organizations for human rights, Ammar al-Qurabi, said that the detained students were released after they had spent five hours at the criminal security branch in Aleppo.

A statement by the human rights society said that the silent sit in included 400 students of both sexes inside the university building of the faculty of medicine at Aleppo university and "large number of security men" interfered accompanied by several officials in the university "as they started to beat fiercely the students and confiscate their mobiles (phones) and personal luggage. ten students were detained."

Presidential decree no. 6 which ends state's obligation to employ graduates of faculty of engineering in Syria gives special authority for the prime minister to appoint "those graduates according to the needs he specifies for that purpose."

The students call for the abrogation of decree no.6, considering it will increase unemployment in Syria., estimated by the official authorities at 20%.