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Four Kurds jailed in Syria
25.7.2005
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DAMASCUS, July 24
(AFP) - 15h28 - A Syrian state security court on
Sunday sentenced four Kurds to two and a half years
in prison for separatist activities, rights lawyer
Anwar Bunni said.
The four men, all members of the Democratic Union
party, were accused of "belonging to a secret
organisation seeking to annex part of Syria to a
foreign country".
They were also charged with "damaging relations with
a friendly country", referring to neighbouring
Turkey where Kurdish militants are seeking
self-rule.
Kurds and Islamists form the main opposition groups
in Syria, but they are prohibited from assembling
because the Syrian government views them as a threat
to national security and unity.
AFP
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