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| Syria arrests prominent dissident | Syria arrests prominent dissident |
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| A prominent dissident and former MP, Riad Seif, has been arrested in Syria, local human rights groups say. | A prominent dissident and former MP, Riad Seif, has been arrested in Syria, local human rights groups say. |
| He was reportedly detained for attending a meeting of supporters of democratic reform in Syria. | He was reportedly detained for attending a meeting of supporters of democratic reform in Syria. |
| The arrest brings to 11 the number opposition activists detained since December, reports say. | The arrest brings to 11 the number opposition activists detained since December, reports say. |
| Syria does not usually comment on such arrests. Human rights groups say Syria holds of hundreds political prisoners, some without charge or trial. | Syria does not usually comment on such arrests. Human rights groups say Syria holds of hundreds political prisoners, some without charge or trial. |
| Mr Seif, who suffers from prostate cancer, had already been banned from leaving Syria for medical treatment, a restriction he criticised as a "slow death sentence". |