Syria releases nine university students

The Syrian authorities have released nine out of the 11 students who were detained on April 24 in Damascus.

The human rights association in Syria announced in a statement yesterday that this left in detention two students from Damascus and Aleppo universities.

In an earlier statement issued April 25th, the association announced the detention of 12 students in a cafe near the University hostess in Damascus, but only 11 students were jailed, according to the Association.

The statement explained that the detained students were interrogated on "coordination between students of Aleppo and Damascus universities and accusing of the emerging students move as implying an opposition for the authority."

The association said that seven of the detained students were beaten and maltreated during investigations with them and called for " the immediate release of two students who are still in prison."

The statement added that the number of students who were removed from the university and from the national Union of Syrian students over their participation in a sit in in Aleppo in protest of decree number 6 which provide for ending the state's cling to appoint engineering faculty graduates. "