Syria: Further information on Prisoner of conscience/legal concern/torture and other ill-treatment, 'Abdel Rahman Shaghouri

Index Number: MDE 24/046/2004
Date Published: 20 June 2004
Categories: Middle East And North Africa, Syria

'Abdel Rahman al-Shaghouri was sentenced to three years' imprisonment by the Supreme State Security Court (SSSC) on 20 June, on charges of "disseminating false information". The sentence was immediately reduced to two and a half years.