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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syria releases political prisoners
2006-01-19
Syrian authorities released on Wednesday four political prisoners including Riad Seif and Maamoun Al-Humsi. -- Hassan Abdel Atheem, spokesmnan of the opposition Democratic Gathering, said in a statement to KUNA that the authorities freed the prisoners of the so-called "Damascus Spring;" Habib Issa, Riad Seif, Maamoun Al-Humsi and Fawwaz Tello.
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Abdel Atheem, a lawyer, told KUNA that university professor Aref Dalilah would released within 48 hours. -- Abdel Atheem expressed hope that all political prisoners in Syria would be released, in addition to further steps on the path of political reforms, democracy, "because such steps pave the way for bolstering the national unity." Al-Humsi and Seif, both members of the parliament, were detained in 2001 and sentenced to five years behind iron bars "for seeking to amend the constitution with illegal means." The release of the prisoners occurred ahead of a meeting of the Arab lawyers, due in Damascus on Saturday.

Secretary General of the Arab Lawyers Union Ibrahim Al-Salami raised the issue of the political prisoners during a visit to the country earlier this month and was given a pledge by the authorities to let some of them go ahead of the lawyers' conference.
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