Tuhama Mahmoud Ma'rouf تهامة Ù…Øمود معرو٠| |
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Born | b. 1964 |
Nationality | Syrian |
Alma mater | Aleppo University |
Occupation | dentist |
Known for | 2010–11 imprisonment |
Political party | Communist Labour Party |
Spouse | Bakr Sidqi |
Tuhama Mahmoud Ma'rouf ( Arabic: تهامة Ù…Øمود معروÙ; born 1964) is a Syrian dentist who was detained from February 2010 to June 2011 for her involvement in the banned Communist Labour Party in the early 1990s. Amnesty International designated her a prisoner of conscience, "detained solely for the peaceful exercise of her right to freedom of expression and association". [1]
Ma'rouf was originally detained in 1993 for her involvement with the PCA, along with eight other female activists. [2] The arrests were part of a general crackdown on the party which effectively destroyed it. [3]
She was then found guilty and sentenced in absentia on 5 November 1995 by the Supreme State Security Court (SSSC) of violating Article 306 of Syria's Penal Code, "membership in a secret organization which aims to change the economic and social status of the state". [1] [3] However, for unknown reasons, authorities did not arrest her to begin her sentence until 6 February 2010 in Aleppo. [3] Three days later, she appeared before the court and was ordered to be transferred to Adra prison to serve her sentence of six years' imprisonment. [1] On 18 February 2011, she began a hunger strike to demand a transfer to a woman's prison. [1]
Amnesty International protested her imprisonment and called for her immediate release, [1] as did the Committee on Human Rights of the US National Academy of Sciences, [3] the Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies, [4] and Human Rights Watch. [5]
Ma'rouf was released on 2 June 2011 as part of a general amnesty for political dissidents following the start of the Arab Spring protests. [3]
Ma'rouf received a degree in dentistry from Aleppo University in 1997. Her husband, Bakr Sidqi, is a writer and former political prisoner; they have two children. [3]
Tuhama Mahmoud Ma'rouf تهامة Ù…Øمود معرو٠| |
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Born | b. 1964 |
Nationality | Syrian |
Alma mater | Aleppo University |
Occupation | dentist |
Known for | 2010–11 imprisonment |
Political party | Communist Labour Party |
Spouse | Bakr Sidqi |
Tuhama Mahmoud Ma'rouf ( Arabic: تهامة Ù…Øمود معروÙ; born 1964) is a Syrian dentist who was detained from February 2010 to June 2011 for her involvement in the banned Communist Labour Party in the early 1990s. Amnesty International designated her a prisoner of conscience, "detained solely for the peaceful exercise of her right to freedom of expression and association". [1]
Ma'rouf was originally detained in 1993 for her involvement with the PCA, along with eight other female activists. [2] The arrests were part of a general crackdown on the party which effectively destroyed it. [3]
She was then found guilty and sentenced in absentia on 5 November 1995 by the Supreme State Security Court (SSSC) of violating Article 306 of Syria's Penal Code, "membership in a secret organization which aims to change the economic and social status of the state". [1] [3] However, for unknown reasons, authorities did not arrest her to begin her sentence until 6 February 2010 in Aleppo. [3] Three days later, she appeared before the court and was ordered to be transferred to Adra prison to serve her sentence of six years' imprisonment. [1] On 18 February 2011, she began a hunger strike to demand a transfer to a woman's prison. [1]
Amnesty International protested her imprisonment and called for her immediate release, [1] as did the Committee on Human Rights of the US National Academy of Sciences, [3] the Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies, [4] and Human Rights Watch. [5]
Ma'rouf was released on 2 June 2011 as part of a general amnesty for political dissidents following the start of the Arab Spring protests. [3]
Ma'rouf received a degree in dentistry from Aleppo University in 1997. Her husband, Bakr Sidqi, is a writer and former political prisoner; they have two children. [3]