Barack Obama actually said...

Syria should demonstrate its commitment to international legal norms by releasing Maleh, al-Hasani, Abdullah, and other Syrian citizens who have been imprisoned solely for seeking to exercise their right to peaceful free expression and freedom of association.

Context

Statement by NSC Spokesman Mike Hammer on Syrian Convictions of Human Rights Activists

07/03/2010

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