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Syria: Further information: Death in custody of Syrian activist ...
13 September 2011

Syrian activist Ghayath Mattar, aged 26, is reported to have been killed in custody following his arrest by Syrian security forces on 6 September. His dead body ...

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Fears grow for Syrian activists as deaths in custody increase ...
13 September 2011

Human rights activists detained after pro-reform protests in Syria remain at great risk after nearly 100 recent deaths in custody.

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Syria: Syrian rights activist re-arrested: Mohammed Najati Tayyara
13 September 2011

Human rights activist Mohammed Najati Tayyara, aged 65, has been held since 12 May following media interviews he gave about the abuse of pro-reformist protesters ...

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Syria: Further information on: Mohammed Hasan al-labwani released
8 September 2011

Mohammed Hasan al-Labwani was released on 6 September after being referred to an investigating judge. His next hearing has been scheduled for 8 October.

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Syria: Syrian activists held incommunicado at risk
8 September 2011

Syrian activists, brothers Yahya Shurbaji and Ma'an Shurbaji, Ghayath Mattar, Mohamed Tayseer Khoulani and Mazen Zyadeh, all from Daraya, a south-western suburb ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/050/2011

Syria: Further information: Activist continues to be held ...
6 September 2011

Syrian political activist George Sabra has been detained incommunicado at an undisclosed location since security forces arrested him on 20 July 2011 in Qatana, ...

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Syria: Brother of rights activist held incommunicado: Yassin ...
2 September 2011

Yassin Ziadeh, brother of exiled Syrian human rights activist Radwan Ziadeh, has been held in incommunicado detention since his arrest on 30 August 2011 in Daraya ...

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Syria: Health of arrested Syrian man at serious risk: Mohammed ...
2 September 2011

Mohammed Hasan al-Labwani has been held incommunicado since his arrest by General Intelligence, commonly referred to as State Security, on 18 August 2011 in the ...

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Syria: Human rights activist detained in Syria
1 September 2011

Syrian human rights activist Mohamed Iyyad Tayyara has been held incommunicado since his arrest from his flat in the city of Homs, western Syria, on 28 August 2011 ...

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Amnesty International | Syria's surge of deaths in detention ...
31 August 2011

At least 88 people are believed to have died in detention in Syria during five months of bloody repression of pro-reform protests, a new Amnesty International report ...

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