Al-Jazeera
"A Syrian court has sentenced 12 political dissidents to jail for political crimes after they had called for democratic reforms.
The 11 men and a woman were arrested after holding a meeting to revive a movement urging freedom of expression and a democratic constitution for Syria, which has been ruled by the Ba'ath party for four decades.
The 12 dissidents received between two and two and a half years in prison after being convicted on charges which included "weakening national morale".
Among the convicted was prominent activist Riad Seif, who has cancer......."
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