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Daring Dissidents Speak Out in Syria


(Globe and Mail-Canada) Paul Koring - A clutch of brave pro-democracy activists are daring to speak out in Syria, emboldened by intense pressure on Bashar Assad, the country's president. Assad "promised us reform and democracy, and then we found ourselves in prisons," said Muhammad Kamal al-Iabwani, a physician who is among a group of ten activists known collectively as the Damascus Spring. Some of the dissidents say the hard line adopted by U.S. President George W. Bush has forced Assad into a corner.
2005-05-06 00:00:00
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