Jailed Syrian dissident in hospital following heart attack

Published July 24th, 2003 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Syrian dissident Maamun al-Homsi, who was jailed for five years in March on charges of seeking to change the constitution by force, has been admitted to hospital following a heart attack, his lawyer said Wednesday. 

 

Homsi, a former MP, was being treated in the intensive care ward of Damascus's Dar al-Shifa hospital under security service guard after being taken ill on Tuesday, Anwar al-Bunni told AFP

 

His condition had yet to be stabilized, Bunni added. (Albawaba.com) 

 

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