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August 16, 2007
No. 2515

No Trace Of Syrian Citizen Who Voted Against Assad

According to the Akhbar Al-Sharq website, the Syrian intelligence apparatus has arrested Syrian citizen Mesbah 'Alaa Al-Din, from Al-Ladhaqiya province, because in the May 2007 referendum he voted against a second term for Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.

The Syrian Human Rights Organization has reported that no trace of Al-Din has been found following his arrest, and that the intelligence apparatus is refusing to release any information about him.

Source: Akhbar Al-Sharq, London, August 15, 2007

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