Business Recorder - World - Middle East https://www.brecorder.com/ Business Recorder en-Us Copyright 2026 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:58:59 +0500 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:58:59 +0500 60 Syrian authorities release Deraa city activist:lawyer https://www.brecorder.com/news/8890/syrian-authorities-release-deraa-city-activistlawyer <p class="MsoPlainText"><img style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: left;" src="https://i.brecorder.com/images/stories/pics2011/mar/show.404.jpg" width="400" height="268" />AMMAN: Syrian authorities released on Sunday Diana Jawabra, whose arrest this month helped fuel mass protests in her home city of Deraa against Baath party rule.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText">One of Jawabra's lawyers told Reuters that Jawabra was among 16 people released on Sunday.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText">They took part in a silent demonstration this month demanding the release of political prisoners and of 15 children arrested in Deraa for writing freedom slogans on school walls.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><Center /><b><i>Copyright Reuters, 2011</b></i><br /></center></p> AMMAN: Syrian authorities released on Sunday Diana Jawabra, whose arrest this month helped fuel mass protests in her home city of Deraa against Baath party rule.

One of Jawabra's lawyers told Reuters that Jawabra was among 16 people released on Sunday.

They took part in a silent demonstration this month demanding the release of political prisoners and of 15 children arrested in Deraa for writing freedom slogans on school walls.

Copyright Reuters, 2011

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