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Declaration by High Representative Catherine Ashton on behalf of the European Union on Syria Human rights cases

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:10:00 -0400

On 27/07/2010In: EU
The EU strongly condemns the sentencing of Mr. Haitham Al Maleh and Mr. Muhannad Al Hassani, two Syrian lawyers, to three years in prison respectively, on charges that appear to be in breach of their fundamental rights and freedoms.

Buzek on the Syrian human rights defender Mr Haitham al-Maleh

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:10:00 -0400

Gdansk -
26/07/2010

The President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek made the following statement on the Syrian human rights defender Mr Haitham al-Maleh.

European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek said:

AI: KURDISH ACTIVIST OUT OF DANGER

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:40:00 -0400

23-7-2010
Kurdish human rights activist Abed al-Hafith Abed al-Rahman is now allowed family visits at Aleppo Central Prison, where he now appears to be receiving adequate medical treatment.

Syria: Free Ziad Ramadan, Falsely Held as Witness for Five Years Damascus Claims He Is Held for Inquiry into Killing of Lebanon Ex-Premier

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:40:00 -0400

23-7-2010

The Syrian authorities should release Ziad Ramadan, who the Syrian authorities falsely claim is detained so he can be interviewed by the international body investigating the assassination of Rafic Hariri, former prime minister of Lebanon, Alkarama, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. The following is the statement from the three groups:

A novel Barred

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:40:00 -0400

ANHR: 20-7-2010
Syrian novelist Abdel Nasser AlAyed , Said that The Arab Writers Union in Syria, barred his second novel, Sayed Alhaoma. AlAyed said that the barring decision came after the reading commission claimed there was an incitement to sedition, glorification of the Persian race, degrading of the other origins and that novel bore a racist breath .

Travel ban of 20 Syrians holding Western nationalities

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:40:00 -0400

ANHR: 22-7-2010
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, revealed the growing trend of banning tens of Syrian holders of western nationalities to travel thereby losing their tickets, because of security reports saying their relatives were political and human rights activists abroad.

Iraqi judicial release the Syrian opposition Qusay Eleiwi

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:40:00 -0400

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the Iraqi judiciary released the Syrian opposition figure Qusay Eleiwi and declared his innocence of the charge of supporting armed groups, a charge , for decades, continuously pressed against Syrians political opponents living in Iraq.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
22-7-2010

Syria: Human Rights Activist Disappeared while Leaving Syria

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:40:00 -0400

21 July 2010
Alkarama calls on Syria to abolish its State of Emergency, which has plagued the country with human rights violations for more than forty years. The recent arrest of Kamal Sheikho serves only to reinforce the custom of respression in Syria.

Syria urged to release ex-communist woman

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:50:00 -0400

DAMASCUS - Human rights groups in Syria on Thursday called for the release of a former communist and woman dentist who has been jailed on a verdict which dates back 15 years.

Arrest of the Kurdish political activist Arif Attoun Khalil

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:40:00 -0400

Syrian Human Rights Committee MAD and Kurdish Organization for Defending Human Rights and Public Freedoms in Syria DAD report that a joint patrol belonging to the political security and military security services from the city of Kobani raided a house where they arrested political activist Arif Attoun Khalil, who was visiting a friend there.