Apart from the Syrian people, no other country has suffered from Syria's Assads as much as Lebanon has. 29 years of occupation, corruption, humiliation, intimidation, and outright terror, the Lebanese people have come to learn about the Assad savagery first hand.

Many remain courageously defiant against the regime, many have submitted to Assad's will in the hope of escaping his terror, and many, like Hezbollah, have joined his club to terrorize the Lebanese in Assad's absence.

Today, the Lebanese are rising against Assad in support of the Syrian Revolution. RPS has received a copy of an important Statement of Solidarity signed by many influential Lebanese intellectuals and activists in support of our cause.

Syrians are thankful for their support and for their courage. After Assad, the relationship between the two independent and sovereign nations will turn a new page in their relations that will be based on respect and not terror, on mutual interests and not intimidation. 

Below is the translation of the Statement in addition to the names of all the courageous Lebanese who signed it.

On the basis of our political and moral obligation to defend the human rights of Arabs pursuing freedom, justice and dignity,

And emphasizing our responsibilities as Lebanese towards the sufferings of a brotherly people that has proved resilient in avoiding the sectarian and ethnic traps while enduring what we have endured from flagrant violations of the most basic of human rights.

And because of our belief that the reforms demanded by the Syrian people will form a substantial base for the construction of natural fraternal relations between Lebanon and Syria, away from the logic of exclusion and coercion, which ruled these relations over the decades.

We, the undersigned, condemn the oppression of the Syrian people and we declare our solidarity with them in their battle to regain their freedom and dignity.

We call upon the Syrian authorities to halt the use of force against their own people and to hold accountable those responsible for massacres and we demand the release of all detainees. We call upon them to stop as well the repeated attempts to export the crisis to Lebanon and to stop pushing the conflict in matters unrelated to it.

We call on the Arab League to assume its responsibilities towards Syria and its people, just as it did against Libya and its people, and immediately intervene to stop the massacres

The Statement of Solidarity was signed by the following 135 courageous Lebanese:

Ibrahim al-Gemayel (Consultant), Ahmad Haidar (Activist), Ahmad Youssef (Teacher), Edmond Rabbat (Consultant), Ossama Wehbe (Activist), Elias Abou A'asi (Professor), Elias al-Zogbi (Activist), Elias Attallah (Ex-MP), Elias Mokhaiber (Lawyer), Aline Karim (Media), Emile Bachkanji (Activist), Elie al-Hajj (Journalist), Elie Kosaifi (Journalist), Ayman Abou Chakra (Media), Ayman Haidar (Engineer), Ihab al-Okda (Media), Asaad Bechara (Journalist), Omna Mansour (Journalist), Ayman Charouf (Activist), Eddeh Abou Lama'h (Professor), Bassel al-Faqih (Activist), Bassel Tayyara (Journalist), Berri al-Assad (Doctor), Bachir Halal (Journalist), Bahjat Rizk (Writer), Bahjat Salameh (Activist), Belinda Ibrahim (Journalist), Jad Gharib (Civil Engineer), Jean Harb (Lawyer), Jean Dubghi (Researcher), Jean-Claude Homsi (Businessman), Jabour al-Doueihy (Professor, Writer), Jihad Moraqadeh (Financial Expert), Jawad Abou Mansour (Activist), George al-Masseeh (Activist), George Mansour (Engineer), Hussein Abdul Hussein (Journalist), Hussein Gharib (Director), Haneen Ghadar (Media), Dahlia Obaid (Researcher), Diala Haidar (Activist), Rana Khoury (Activist), Rania Kattab (Actiivist), Rouba Kabbara (Journalist), Rabee Shantaf (Media), Raja Noujaim (Activist), Roger Azzam (Agriculture Engineer), Roula Mowafak (Journalist), Ryadh Touk (Media), Rayan Majed (Activist), Reem Itani (Activist), Raymond Maalouf (Engineer), Zouhair Abdullah (Writer), Ziad Abed (Activist), Zeina al-Rouz (Journalist), Sara Assaf (Activist), Samia al-Baroudi (Art Design), Saad Kiwan (Journalist), Samir Franjieh (Ex-MP), Sana al-Jack (Journalist), Souha Amer (Activist), Souhail al-Qadmani (Activist), Simon Karam (Lawyer), Chadi Hanoush (Activist), Charles Jabbour (Journalist), Shereen Abdallah (Activist), Saleh al-Mashnouk (Professor), Salah Choaib (Director), Salah Faris (Teacher), Tarek Hachem (Activist), Tanious Chahwan (Researcher), Talal Khoja (Professor), Toni Abou Rohana (Political Writer), Toni Habib (Engineer), Abbas Abou Zeid (Activist), Abdulsalam Moussa (Journalist), Abdullah Khalifa (Management), Abdullah Cesar al-Khoury (Businessman), Afif Diab (Journalist), Ali Abou Zohn (Activist), Ali Shoaib (Professor), Imad Bazzi (Activist), Ammar Aboud (Activist), Omar Harkouss (Journalist), Ghada Saghieyh (Media), Ghanem Zoubian (Activist), Fadi al-Tofaily (Writer, Poet), Fadi Antar (Doctor), Faris Souaid (Ex-MP), Farouk Yacoub (Activist), Fatima Hoho (Journalist), Firas Maksad (Activist), Francois al-Dahdah (Activist), Fouad Farah (Teacher), Philip Saeed (Doctor), Kamal al-Yazigi (Professor), Colette Touma (Activist), Mohammad al-Chami (Activist), Mohammad Harfouch (Media), Mohammad Hussein Shams Eddine (Writer, Politician), Mohammad Hamdan (Media), Mohammad Hamoud (Journalist), Mohammad Charbatah (Media), Mohammad Machmouchi (Journalist), Marwan al-Amin (Activist), Mariam Abdo (Activist), Massoud Mohammad (Political Writer), Mona Fayad (Professor), Mayad Haidar (Lawyer), Michel Touma (Journalist), Michel Hajji Georgiou (Journalist), Michel Douaihy (Professor), Michel Laban (Lawyers' Syndicate), Michel Youssef Khouri (Lawyer), Nadia al-Shaikh (Professor), Nabil al-Halabi (Human Rights Activist), Nabil Karrat (Doctor), Nada Rafeh (Activist), Nada Maatouk (Activist), Nadim Abdul Samad (Politician), Nadim Kotaich (Media), Nazih Darwich (Researcher), Nasr Farah (Activist), Nawal Nasr (Journalist), Harar Houvivian (Professor), Haytham al-Tabsh (Journalist), Haytham Chamas (Director), Wajih al-Ajour (Activist), Wissam Saadeh (Writer, Journalist), Walid Fakhr Eddine (Professor), Yehya Mahmoud (Activist), Youssef al-Zain (Businessman), Youssef Bazzi (Journalist), Youssef Baha' al-Douaihy (Lawyer), Younis Chibli (Doctor).