Syrian activists protest constitutional referendum

Opposition activists express frustration with the Syrian president’s attempt at reform.

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma vote during a referendum on a new constitution at a polling station in a Syrian TV station building in Damascus February 26, 2012. REUTERS/SANA

As a constitutional referendum takes place across Syria on Sunday, activists take to the internet to voice their opposition to the measure, which in theory could end decades of one-party rule. Opposition activists maintain that a free and fair election cannot take place as long as the Syrian military continues to shell cities.

Internet activists are protesting the referendum using the hashtags #ProtestReferendum and #BloodConstitution.