The High Representative of the European Union, Catherine Ashton, condemned the violence against protesters in Syria and expressed her concern over the latest killings of protesters on the first day of Eid al-Fitr.
On Monday, the European Union decided in principle to introduce an embargo on the import of Syrian oil, and this decision should be made official at the end of the week.
"The High Representative expresses deep concern over the continuation of violence by the Syrian regime against peaceful protesters, human rights fighters and the entire Syrian people," Ashton's statement reads.
She also condemned the "brutal repression" and pointed out that a large number of human rights fighters are exposed to "barbarism" and in some cases to torture.
Seven people died in the protests in Syria
Syrian security forces killed seven people in an attempt to disperse protesters who gathered in several Syrian cities after morning prayers on the first day of Ramadan, human rights activists said.
"Seven people were killed on the first day of Eid al-Fitr in Syria, four people were killed in Al-Hara, two in Inhil in Dear province, and one person was killed in Homs," according to the statement of the Coordination Committee, which monitors the protests in Syria.
Representatives of human rights activists claim that a thirteen-year-old boy is among the dead.
Syrian organizations for the protection of human rights state that in Syria in the last five months since the protests in that country against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, around 2.000 people have died.
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