On Wednesday last week; the President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek held talks in Brussels with Haitham al-Maleh, a prominent human rights defender and a leading figure of the Syrian opposition, Global Arab Network reported according to a press statement.
“I am very glad to have met Haitham al-Maleh in person, here in Brussels,” Buzek said following the meeting. “The calls that I and the European Parliament have issued to demand his immediate release from Syrian prison have been answered. He was allowed to leave Syria, but his country is still in chains. The Syrian regime is still killing people every day.”
The EP President said they had talked about the democratic aspirations of the Syrian people, their courage and determination, and about the prospects for change. “There is no doubt that a dialogue at the tip of a gun is not a true dialogue. With tens of hundreds of innocent civilians dead, with continued repressions and military force directed against ordinary people, the Syrian regime has lost all legitimacy.”
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