LONDON, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- The Syrian Committee for Human Rights in London said Monday Syrian authorities have released two political prisoners detained since 1980.
A statement said Naji al-Safi who has been detained since 1981 to blackmail his brother, and medical doctor Mohammed Khoder held since 1980, were released in Damascus in recent days.
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The committee urged the Syrian authorities to "release all political prisoners who have been incarcerated for their opinion and close the file of political imprisonment in Syria indefinitely."
