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Syria Sentences Democracy Campaigners to 3 yrs. in Prison

Filed under: Syria — Michael van der Galien, Editor-in-Chief on May 13, 2007 @ 6:18 pm CEST

“A Syrian court on Sunday sentenced two pro-democracy campaigners, Michel Kilo and Mahmoud Issa, to three years in prison each for spreading false news, weakening national feeling and inciting sectarian sentiments.”

The total number of government critics and human rights campaigners to be convicted in the last month in Syria: four.

I’m sure glad that Pelosi believes that Assad is a good man.

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