BBC:
Syrian writer and pro-democracy campaigner Michel Kilo has been released from prison after serving a three-year sentence.
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Talk about courage. Here's what Amnesty International says about him: http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/syria-%E2%80%98arabji-and-dekalbab-facing-unfair-trials-20080606
Michel Kilo himself was sentenced on 13 May 2007 to three years’ imprisonment before the Criminal Court in Damascus, convicted of affecting “the morale of the country” based on his signing an open petition concerning Syrian-Lebanese relations.
[me again] For those interested, at the Amnesty site a search for 'Kilo' or 'Syria' provides a lot of well researched information.
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First Posted: 05-27-09 05:11 PM | Updated: 05-27-09 05:35 PM