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KurdistanObserver.com
Four Kurds Jailed In Syria
DAMASCUS, July 24 (AFP) - 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.
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