Ali al-Abdallah () is a Syrian writer and human rights activist. He was arrested in Syria in March 2006. He was again arrested and jailed in 2007 after trying to revive the

Damascus Declaration The Damascus Declaration ( ar, إعلان دمشق) was a statement of unity by Syrian opposition figures issued in October 2005. It criticized the Syrian government of the Assad dynasty as "authoritarian, totalitarian and cliquish," and called ...

. He was released from

Adra Prison Adra Prison ( ar, سجن عدرا) is a prison in Syria, on the northeast outskirts of Damascus. Political prisoners are held in the prison, along with a mixture of civil prisoners such as traffic offenders, murderers, and drug dealers. In 2014, t ...

on June 23, 2010, and re-imprisoned one day later for writing an article that was critical of Syria's ties with Iran. A Syrian military court charged him with weakening national morale. The United States asked Syria to free him.

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declared him a prisoner of conscience, "held solely for the peaceful expression of his beliefs", and called for his immediate release.

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Living people Syrian democracy activists Syrian dissidents Syrian human rights activists Amnesty International prisoners of conscience held by Syria Syrian writers Year of birth missing (living people) Syrian prisoners and detainees {{Syria-writer-stub