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SHRC 
In conjunction with the Arab Orient Centre for Civilised and Strategic Studies, the Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) has launched a humanitarian campaign for the release of Mr. Abdul Sattar Qattan
Mr. A. S. Qattan, who is from Aleppo (born 1943), has been arrested and detained several times, his previous detention periods totalling twenty years. He was last arrested on 27/11/2004, accused of giving financial aid to the families of some Islamic detainees who have been suffering for decades, due to the absence of their breadwinners. Subsequently, he was sentenced to death, pursuant to article 49/1980. This sentence was then reduced to 12 years in prison.
News from Sednaya Prison has revealed that Mr. Qattan, who suffers from Arteriosclerosis, Diabetes, Hypertension and acute Kidney Failure, has not been receiving the appropriate medical care that should correspond to his medical condition and age (65 years), a third of which he has spent in degrading conditions in jail.
The Signatories of this petition appeal to the President Bashar al-Asad and the concerned Syrian Authorities to shoulder the humane, civil and legal responsibilities they hold, and begin an initiative to release Mr. A. S. Qattan as well as all prisoners of conscience and opinion in Syria, and to repeal Article 49/1980.
You are kindly requested to add your signature to this petition, remembering the Quranic verses: “If anyone killed a person-unless it be for murder or spreading Mischief in the land- it would be as if he killed the whole people, And if anyone saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people”." Whoever recommends and helps a good cause becomes a partner therein”.
Add your name to the signature by sending an email to either of the addresses below:
walid@shrc.org
info@asharqalarabi.org.uk
or fax it to: +448701377678
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