The governorates of Daraa, southern Syria, and the Damascus countryside announced the release of batches of prisoners released under the amnesty decree issued by President Bashar al-Assad.
Daraa Governorate announced that 47 “detained and convicted residents of the province were released, in Al-Basel Hall in the government complex in the province.” The Damascus Countryside Governorate also announced the release of 99 of those covered by its provisions.
The governorate indicated that this was in the presence of the city’s governor, Louay kharitah, and the security and military committee of Daraa, and a number of official events, dignitaries and a number of members of the People’s Assembly.
The governorate had previously published the names of the prisoners who would be released, and had informed the people not to go to Damascus, which witnessed heavy traffic a few days ago and after the issuance of Decree No. 7.
The Damascus Countryside Governorate also announced the release of 99 citizens, and Al-Watan newspaper quoted the city’s governor, Moataz Abu Al-Nasr Jamran, as saying that there is “follow-up on the arrival of the released to their families and homes, either through the administrative units or directly from the same governorate. They are released and received from their relatives.” “Things are going well and in an orderly fashion,” he added.
The Ministries of Interior and Justice issued two statements regarding gatherings under the “President’s Bridge” in central Damascus, and called not to gather there, and not to be drawn into rumors or lists of names circulating about it.
The Ministry of Justice had announced the release of hundreds of prisoners arrested from various Syrian governorates, in implementation of the amnesty decree for terrorist crimes No. 7.
The ministry noted that “the procedures for releasing the detainees, which are procedures between the Criminal Court of Terrorism and the Public Prosecution at the Terrorism Court, will be completed, in addition to a number of detainees whose decisions have been appealed.”