Earlier in November, the authorities set free as many as 1,180 detainees, as part of the government pledges to release those who were arrested during the eight-month-old unrest.
Releasing those who were arrested during the unrest has topped the demands by protesters in the country and was part of a deal concluded lately between the Syrian government and the Arab League ministerial committee to bring the Syrian crisis to a close.
Since taking office in July 2000, Syrian President Bashar al- Assad has ordered to release hundreds of political detainees. (*)
Editor: Kunto Wibisono
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