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As well as the old flag, women and children have appeared at protests both inside the country and outside embassies around the world with their faces painted with blood-red tears to symbolise people's suffering.

Officials said he had been shot dead at a protest, but video footage of his body seemed to show evidence of cigarette burns and other signs of torture and mutilation, including emasculation, as well as bullet wounds.

Protesters in other cities around the country have also been reportedly shouting: "We are sorry Hama - forgive us" and carrying model norias.

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Days later, a video began circulating online showing a body found floating in the River Orontes, which flows through Hama. Residents said it was Qashush's, and that his throat had been cut and vocal chords ripped out.

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However, the official flag of the Canary Islands should not be confused with the Canarian tricolour flag, which is the one with seven green stars (that represent the seven Canary Islands) that was proposed in 1964 by the Movement for Self-determination and Independence of the Canary Archipelago (MPAIAC) as the "national flag of the Canary Islands".

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On 3 February, activists uploaded images of norias painted red to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the attack by security forces on the city, which is widely known as the "Hama massacre".

Throughout these years other flags were created, which finally ended with the approval of the flag that we currently know as the Canarian flag in 1982.

The order of the colours corresponds to their geographical layout with white on the left, which is Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the west, yellow on the right that identifies with Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to the east, and blue in the centre, which both provinces share.

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In May, a number of pages were created on Facebook in memory of a 13-year-old boy, Hamza al-Khatib, who was allegedly arrested and tortured to death by security forces at the end of the previous month.

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Then in June, a man from Hama named Ibrahim Qashush wrote a protest song in which he told the president: "Hey Bashar, hey liar. Damn you and your speech, freedom is right at the door. So come on, Bashar, time to leave."

Since its creation, it has been used by independent groups of the Canary Islands, although, at present, it is also used by groups that defend the national character of the Canary Islands.

There are two versions of the flag that identify the region, one has the coat of arms of the Canary Islands in the centre of the flag, and the other is blank, which corresponds to the description given in the Statute of Autonomy.

Since pro-democracy demonstrations erupted in Syria last March, protesters have used a series of symbols to unite and galvanise the opposition to President Bashar al-Assad's government and highlight the crackdown on dissent.

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The flag has been officially adopted by the main opposition coalition, the Syrian National Council, and the Free Syrian Army, an armed rebel group that has vowed to overthrow Mr Assad by force.

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The cases of particular individuals among the thousands of reported dead have also come to symbolise the uprising and encouraged widespread outrage.

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Origin of the flag of the Canary Islands: The Canary Islands flag has had different representations throughout history. At first, it was the royal standard of the Canary Islands, also known as the general flag, registered in 1561 and had the colours white, blue and yellow, with a red cross (like the current one).

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The song became popular as the crackdown on protests in the city intensified, and at the beginning of July, Qashush was filmed performing it in front of a huge crowd of protesters, many of whom sang along.

Some Western media reports have been careful to point out that the 1982 uprising in Hama was led by the Muslim Brotherhood, which had run a campaign against the Syrian government since the late 1970s.

His picture was subsequently raised at many demonstrations in many towns, while the Facebook pages were invoked by world leaders to argue for further pressure to be placed on President Assad's government.

At protests across the country, people's faces are often now painted with the green, white and black flag of the former Syrian Republic, which existed before the Baath Party and the Assad family came to power.

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Meaning of the colours of the Canary Islands flag: The colours come from the flags of the two provinces of the islands, blue and white of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and blue and yellow from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

It is impossible to verify the claims about his death, but Qashush and his song soon became a symbol of the power of the protesters' message and the brutal actions of the government. The song was chanted at protests across the country and many people posted their own versions online.

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The next flag to represent the islands was the flag of the Canarian maritime province, which is currently related to Tenerife. It is a flag with a blue background and it had the cross of Saint Andrew inside it, similar to the Scottish flag.

Despite this, Syria's opposition is mindful of the country's recent history and is using Hama as another symbol to spur on protesters.

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Later, the Canary Islands had what we know as the Ateneo flag, which was created in 1927 by the Canarian Nationalist Party, although it has never been officially recognised within the territory.

Opposition supporters have also used the norias to criticise the president publicly. Photographs have been published showing support structures painted with the old Syrian Republic's flag, and one marked with graffiti stating: "Hafez died, and Hama didn't. Bashar will die, and Hama won't."

In contrast, the 2011 uprising began with peaceful protests, which did not have the public support of either the Brotherhood or any other groups.

In 1982, then-President Hafez al-Assad, father of Bashar, sent in troops to quell an uprising by the Sunni Islamist opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood. Between 10,000 and 25,000 people were killed and parts of the city flattened. The operation was led by Rifaat al-Assad, Bashar's uncle.

Hamza's death became a powerful symbol of the uprising, reflecting a trend in the Middle East of holding up "martyrs" as symbols of "resistance".

Hama and its ancient, wooden water-wheels, or norias, which line the Orontes as it passes through the city, have become important symbols for the opposition.