912 demonstrators released in Syria

912 demonstrators released in Syria

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Syrian government released Wednesday, Nov 30, 912 prisoners who were arrested during the months-old unrest and "don't have blood on their hands," the official SANA news agency reported.

Earlier in November, the authorities set free as many as 1,180 detainees, as part of the government pledges to release those who were arrested during the eight-month-old unrest.

Releasing those who were arrested during the unrest has topped the demands by protesters in the country and was part of a deal concluded lately between the Syrian government and the Arab League ministerial committee to bring the Syrian crisis to a close.

Since taking office in July 2000, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has ordered to release hundreds of political detainees, according to Xinhua.

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