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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080730/wl_mideast_afp/syriapoliticstrial_080730140951

Syria Tries Dissidents Over Call for Democracy

[AFP ] Twelve Syrian dissidents went on trial in Damascus on Wednesday for signing a declaration calling for democracy in the biggest collective trial of dissidents since 2001. They were charged with "spreading false information which weakens the morale of the nation and national sentiment, joining a secret organization with the aim of modifying the nation's political and economic status, inciting racial and sectarian dissent and harming the state."

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