Syria president announces general amnesty

[JURIST] Syrian President Bashar al-Assad [official website, JURIST news archive] on Monday declared a general amnesty for the country's prisoners, appearing to apply the decree to at least some anti-government activists and protesters, according to the official SANA news agency [official website]. The declaration closely follows the president's reelection last week to another seven-year term. While SANA did not state whether the amnesty would apply to the thousands of opposition supporters and their relatives that human rights groups say are...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/06/syria-president-announces-general-amnesty.php

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