DAMASCUS - Prominent Syrian writer Michel Kilo has been released from jail after more than four months in detention, a human rights group said on Thursday. Ammar Qurabi, head of National Organization for Human Rights (NOHR), said in a statement that Kilo had been released on a bail, which he did not specify. Kilo would be tried while free on bail.Kilo, 66, a democracy campaigner, was detained lat May, days after he signed a petition calling for steps to improve Lebanese-Syrian relations. Kilo has long been an outspoken critic of the Syrian government, which tightly controls national politics and often arrests its critics. He has long called for reform in Syria and has criticized the governmentÂ’s involvement in the political affairs of its smaller neighbour, Lebanon.
Well-known for his political analysis, KiloÂ’s writings are frequently published by Lebanese newspapers, including the leading anti-Syrian paper An-Nahar.
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