Syria frees dissident, prisoners as pressure mounts

Syria released prominent dissident Kamal Labwani and more than 1,000 other prisoners on Tuesday, his daughter and state media reported, as Damascus came under increasing diplomatic pressure over its crackdown on protesters.

Labwani, 54, was released less than half way through a 15-year jail term on charges that he insulted President Bashar al-Assad and incited a foreign country to invade Syria. (AP)