 DAMASCUS - A Syrian court sentenced three members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death, but then commuted the verdict to a 12-year prison term, a human rights group said on Tuesday.
The National Organization for Human Rights (NOHR) in Syria said Mohammad Thabet Hillali, 38, Fuad Ali Al Shughry, 44, and Youssef Omar Hussein, 26, all from the Idleb province, 330 kilometres in northern Syria, were sentenced to death on June 4 under a Syrian law calling for death sentences against all members of the Muslim Brotherhood. NOHR added that Mohammad Osamah Al Sayyess, 27, has been also sentenced to death and his sentence was commuted to 12 years in jail.
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According to the human rights group, the defendants left Syria with their families for Iraq in the 1980Â’s, but returned in 2005 following deteriorating conditions there. The three had received safety assurances from the Syrian embassy in Iraq, but on their arrival were arrested by security agents, NOHR said.
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