Brussels, 26 July 2010, 12617/10, PRESSE 221 – 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.
The EU also deeply deplores the renewed arrest on 17 June of Mr. Ali Al-Abdullah, a Syrian writer, a day after his release from prison having completed his previous sentence.
The EU is in particular gravely concerned by the situation of Mr. Al Maleh, due to his fragile health and advanced age.
The EU calls for the immediate release of MM. Al Maleh, Al Hassani and Al-Abudullah.
The EU calls on the Syrian Government to reconsider all cases of prisoners of conscience in accordance with its national Constitution and its international commitments and to immediately release all such prisoners. (Lire la suite…)
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