Football Stadiums Being Used As Prisons After Mass Arrests Follow Weekend Of Government Violence In Syria -- Daily Mail
* Mediterranean City stadium in Banias modified to act as giant jail
* More than 400 residents dragged from homes since Saturday
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* UN humanitarian team refused entry to Daraa, despite previous agreement
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The Syrian government is using football stadiums as makeshift prisons after security forces dragged hundreds of residents from their homes.
Stadiums are being used in at least two cities - Banias and Daraa - after mass arrests were made on Monday, said Rami Abdul-Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Security forces broke into homes in the Damascus suburb of Modemiyah and arrested residents arbitrarily as part of government intimidation tactics used to suppress uprisings by protesters asking for reform.
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