Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Award-winning Syrian human rights lawyer jailed for three years

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Wednesday 23 June 2010 Muhannad al-Hassani was convicted of charges brought against him after he drew public attention to unfair trials of political prisoners before the Supreme State Security Court. Amnesty International has condemned a three year prison sentence imposed on Wednesday on a Syrian lawyer and human rights defender who had publicised the unfair trials of political prisoners and is calling for his immediate and unconditional release.Muhannad al-Hassani, who in May won the prestigious 2010 Martin Ennals Award recognising the work of human rights defenders, was convicted by…

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