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World France has led European moves to help Syria emerge from diplomatic isolation, though Syrian authorities have intensified arrests of politicians and others calling for democracy. "Yesterday I exchanged views with President (Bashar al-) Assad on human rights. The discussion was frank and direct," Fillon said in the Syrian capital on Saturday. "Our dialogue with the Syrian authorities ... permits us to open all the subjects on which we have different views," said Fillon, who signed economic deals and other agreements. Assad's ruling Baath Party took power in 1963, banning all opposition and imposing emergency laws that are still in force. One of the main figures in jail is Mohannad al-Hassani, a 43-year-old lawyer who was arrested in July last year and charged with "weakening national morale," the same charge he has spent his professional life campaigning against. FRANCE "CANNOT DROP HUMAN RIGHTS" French lawyers rallied to Hassani's support. 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