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Source: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JJ30Ak01.html
Syria Comes Down on Dissidents
[Asia Times-Hong Kong] Stephen Starr - The 12 Syrian dissidents were held behind a cage in a court room packed with family members and well-wishers. After the sentences were read out, several of the detained shouted cries of defiance and locked hands together. About a dozen diplomats from various embassies, including Canadian and Dutch representatives, attended the proceedings. Several Internet cafes dotted around Damascus have recently seen new regulations posted whereby every computer user must provide an identity card before being assigned a computer. The computer number and time spent on the Internet is then recorded.