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"en.20051114.12.1-032"2
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"Mr President, I am very concerned about the fate of Mr Labouani, who was recently arrested in Damascus upon disembarking from the flight that had brought him back from a trip to Europe and the United States. Mr Labouani is a symbolic figure in Syria. He had been imprisoned following the ‘Damascus Spring’ in 2001. He served his full sentence, namely three years in prison. He had denounced the corruption taking place in relation to procurement procedures for the mobile telephone sector. He founded a liberal, secular party. I purposely said secular, for the opposition today in Syria often allies itself with the Muslim Brotherhood.
I saw Mr Labouani three weeks ago, when his flight was leaving for Washington. I shared my concerns with him at that time about his freedom of speech and expression. He replied that he was not afraid because he had right on his side. Then, as soon as he returned, he was arrested. Out of consideration for this kind of democratic opposition in Syria, I should therefore like our Parliament to stand behind Mr Labouani and you, Mr President, to write a letter, for example to the Syrian authorities, in order to draw attention to our concern and our disagreement."@en1
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