Arab Communist Party

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Arab Communist Party
الحزب الشيوعي العربي
Founded February 1968 (February 1968)
Ideology Communism
Political position Left-wing
Politics of Syria
Political parties
Elections

Arab Communist Party (Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي العربي‎‎ Al-Hizb Al-Shuyu'i Al-'Arabi) was a communist party in Syria, emerging as a pro-Chinese split from the Syrian Communist Party. The party was founded in February 1968.[1] The party was harshly repressed during the 1970s, and many of its activists were imprisoned. As of 2001 several of its cadres remained in Syrian jails.[2][3]

References

  1. Ismael, Tareq Y., The Communist Movement in the Arab World. New York: RoutledgeCurzon, 2005. p. 26
  2. Amnesty International Report
  3. http://www.asyl.net/Magazin/Docs/docs-21/M-1/1240syr.pdf