Kurds go on trial at Syrian state court

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Seven Kurds charged with attempting to unite part of Syrian territory with a third state went on trial at a state security court here on Sunday amid allegations the accused had been tortured.

The seven, arrested in June during a demonstration in Damascus where they demanded to be given Syrian nationality, have denied the charges against them, which also include membership of a secret organisation, the Syrian Committee for the Defence of Human Rights said.

"They reject the tribunal’s accusations against them and say they were tortured and threatened during their interrogation," the committee said in a statement, calling for the immediate release of the seven.

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