Syria: Release of human rights defender Mohammed Badih Dak Al-Bab

Front Line welcomes the recent release of human rights defenders Mohammed Badih Dak Al-Bab. Mohammed Badih al-Bab is a member of the National Organisation for Human Rights in Syria. Mohammed Badih Dak Al-Bab had been arrested on 2 March 2008 and charged under article 287 of the Syrian Penal Code for the “broadcasting of false news” deemed to be harmful to the state. The charges related to articles he has recently written, in which he criticised the Minister for Information, Mohsen Bilal.