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Campaign Unavailable We're sorry, this alert is no longer available. If you would like to learn more about ways you can take action, please visit Human Rights First.The short explanation of this alert was: UPDATE: On January 28, 2008 yet another activist affiliated with the Damascus Declaration was arrested by the Syrian Security forces. Riad Seif, president of the secretariat of the National Council of the Damascus Declaration, was arrested and charged under broad criminal provisions concerning membership in illegal or secret groups and undermining the state. His arrest came immediately after the a court hearing for the other activists arrested in recent weeks, whose cases are described below.
Among the detainees are several leading human rights defenders including Akram al-Bunni, a brother of the detained human rights lawyer, Anwar al-Bunni, currently serving a five year prison term for his human rights work, and the journalists Ali al-Abdullah and Fayez Sarah. Please join with us in calling for the immediate and unconditional release of these nine detainees, and of all those imprisoned in Syria for their non-violent support of human rights. Click here to read this alert in Arabic. If you would like to view details on this alert, please visit here. |
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In a serious escalation of repression against non-violent government critics, State Security Services in Syria detained more than 40 activists who took part in a December 1 meeting for supporters of the Damascus Declaration for Democratic and National Change just outside Damascus. At least nine activists remain in detention.