In the context of striving to strike at the foundations of the Syrian regime, Syrian revolutionaries expand their work to the economic sphere in addition to the political and security spheres of activism. They initiated a broad campaign on facebook urging Syrians to withdraw their savings and account balances from Syrian banks as it constitutes an important card that pressures hardly and most aggressively on the regime by exhausting and draining its economy.

Foreign investors are pulling out and tourists are staying away, adding greater pressure to Syria's frail economy

Apart from the tinkle of water from the fountain, all is silent in the courtyard of a boutique hotel in the old city of Damascus. "We're almost empty," says one employee. "Usually we'd be full, but tourists have stopped coming."

18 janvier 2011 : A delegation of over 60 trade union leaders from all parts of the world is beginning a 3-day series of meetings in Washington D.C. with the Managing Director of the IMF, the President of the World Bank and other senior officials, as well as with the Executive Directors of those institutions.

Copenhagen- Bruxelles 14 December 2010 - On the occasion of the upcoming EU Tunisian negotiations on granting Tunisia enhanced status with the EU, 16-17 December 2010, the EMHRN urges the EU to take a public stand on the need for Tunisia to take immediate steps to improve its human rights record.