Talk:Nureddin al-Atassi

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Bias[edit]

This article currently appears to suffer serve bias and a desire to white-wash the Assad government. No evidence has been cited that Mr Atassi used his medical skills or equipment to attack or conduct warfare during the Algerian War. It is debatable whether the cited New York Times obituary by itself is a reliable record of Mr Atassi's personal beliefs and motivation. To me the word "deposed" suggests a gentle act, a request to step down from office which he voluntarily agreed with. I suspect he was "arrested" during the coup by Assad who took the office of President for himself. The article currently seems to down-play the fact that he was declared by Amnesty International (AI) to be a Prisoner of Conscience, and that he was not only arrested, but was held for the entire 22 years of imprisonment without trial. The several AI reports seem to allege that Mr Atassi and fifteen others were also not even charged with an offence when arrested or while imprisoned for the twenty two years. For a English reader unfamiliar with Syrian history there is NOTHING in the current article to suggest that Mr Atassi or the Baath Party were socialists, Marxists, or left of centre. Finally there is the issue of his name, the name for this article, appears to be in conflict with each of the cited English documents and the majority of English literature; it would appear that "Nour Atassi" would be the name most English readers would be searching for and expecting. Daeron (talk) 02:25, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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