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Faraj Ahmad Birqdar

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Syrian poet and activist Birqdar was arrested in March 1987 on suspicion of being a member of Syria’s Party for Communist Action. He was held without trial for 6 years, and was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment in 1993. He was released in 2000, and left the country.