February 26, 2009
Syrian human rights activists welcomed a Human Rights Watch report Tuesday that called on Syria to abolish its Supreme State Security Court, an institution founded four decades ago that the report said has been used to stifle opposition to the government.
Human Rights Watch said the court’s proceedings, which the group researched from outside the country because Syria barred the entry of investigators, lack due process and urged the European Union and the United States to pressure Syria to close the court.
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