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Alerts - Syria

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Syria

Citizen journalist sentenced to death for Al-Jazeera interview

Mohammed Abdelmawla al-Hariri was subjected to horrific torture after his arrest, causing partial paralysis.

Syria

Authorities detain journalists, release others

Eight people arrested during the raid on the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression were released, pending trial, while three others, including the centre's president Mazen Darwish remain in detention.

Syria

Two Turkish journalists released

Adem Özköse and Hamit Coşkun were captured while making a documentary in northwestern Syria two months ago.

Syria

Writer arrested, held incommunicado

Salama Kila was arrested on 23 April 2012 for his writings about the recent events taking place in the country, and is considered to be at serious risk of torture and ill-treatment.

Syria

Another citizen journalist killed despite ceasefire plan

Abdul Ghani Kaakeh was deliberately targeted by the security forces, who had ordered him to stop filming moments before he was shot.

Syria

Young activist faces possible death sentence

Yara Shammas is the daughter of Michel Shammas, a well-known human rights lawyer active on Facebook, and it is believed that “what is happening to [her] is clearly a way of putting pressure on [her father]”

Syria

Four citizen journalists killed despite ceasefire

Every day the violence in the country causes dozens of deaths and takes a heavy toll among journalists and citizen journalists, and information is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain, says RSF.

Syria

Journalist's home destroyed by tanks, family's passports seized

In a raid on Moussa Al-Omar’s family home in Idleb on 7 April, soldiers seized personal files, computers and the passports of members of his family, before driving tanks into the house and knocking it down.

Lebanon / Syria

Cameraman killed by cross-border gunfire

Ali Shaaban was struck in the chest while working in the northern Lebanese town of Wadi Khaled near the Syrian border.

Syria

Lives of citizen journalist and activist who helped resistance media in danger

Ali Mahmoud Othman, a Homs-based citizen journalist, was arrested in Aleppo and Noura Al-Jizawi, an activist working for opposition media, has gone missing in Damascus; a number of other journalists are also missing.

Syria

Two independent journalists killed

Naseem Intriri and Walid Bledi were in the country filming a documentary about Syrians escaping the conflict and fleeing to Turkey.

Syria

Kurdish citizen journalist kidnapped and murdered

Jawan Mohammed Qatna was active in the Kurdish youth movement and covered demonstrations in the mainly Kurdish region, supplying photographs to various media organisations.

Syria

Poet and blogger arrested; fears for safety

Dia'a Al-Abdullah was arrested on 13 February from his home in Asswaida by the Air Forces secret services after writing an open letter to the President, and remains detained incommunicado at an unknown location.

Syria

Journalists arrested in run-up to anniversary of uprising

Blogger Mohamed Abu Hajar was arrested on 14 March 2012 in the city of Tartus due to his writings on his blog entitled “Mazaj”.

Syria

Two Turkish journalists and Syrian assistants kidnapped

Adem Özköse, Hamit Coşkun and the Syrians who were accompanying them were abducted by Shabiha militiamen in the pay of the Assad government at a checkpoint northeast of Idlib.

Syria

Authorities urged to reveal the fate of Mazen Darwish and SCM staff

According to a trustworthy source within the country, Darwish has been subjected to torture and other ill-treatment during his interrogation and imprisonment in the same premises, and there are reasons to believe that his life is in danger.

Syria

Authorities threaten foreign media, continue to arrest local journalists and bloggers

The information ministry threatened to take measures against Arab and foreign journalists who have entered the country “illegally” and against anyone cooperating with them.

Syria

Two French journalists escape to Lebanon

Edith Bouvier and William Daniels had been trapped in Homs since 22 February 2012, crossed the border into Lebanon safely on 1 March 2012 and were taken to Hôtel-Dieu de France hospital in Beirut.

Syria

Wounded journalist safely evacuated to Lebanon

Paul Conroy has reportedly been safely evacuated to Lebanon, while the whereabouts of French correspondent Edith Bouvier remain unconfirmed, nearly a week after the journalists were injured in an assault that killed Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin and photojournalist Remi Ochlik.

Syria

Citizen journalist killed; reporters still trapped in Homs

Anas al-Tarsha, who reported the violations of al-Assad's regime through live broadcasting of protests and violations perpetrated by the authorities, was killed following a mortar shell attack in the al-Karabeed district of Homs.

Syria

Authorities urged to allow aid, evacuation for wounded, dead

Media reports suggest that Paul Conroy, Edith Bouvier, and William Daniels are in need of proper medical care, and that the families and friends of Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik have been prevented from receiving the bodies.

Syria

Trapped journalists killed in Homs bombardment

Marie Colvin, Rémi Ochlik, and Ramy al-Sayed were killed in two separate incidents in the the Baba Amr district of the city of Homs.

Syria

Authorities block website used to disseminate live videos

Bambuser has been used by activists to stream videos of violence and crimes committed by the regime.

Syria

Artist killed, activists detained, journalists' houses targeted

Artist Mathna al-Ma'sarany, who had been supportive of the revolution since its outbreak, died after being shot by a sniper's bullet.

Syria

Authorities arrest 14 in attempt to block news

Mazen Darwish, the director of the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression, was arrested along with 13 others, when security forces raided the organisation's office in Damascus.

Syria

Rights activist and lawyer charged for providing legal aid to detained protesters

Abdullah al-Khalil was ordered to appear before the criminal court in al-Rakka for providing legal and financial aid to protesters.

Syria

Authorities urged to respond to rumours of writer's death in detention

According to rumours circulating since 10 February, writer and opposition activist Hussein Issou reportedly died in detention.

Syria

Journalist killed in Homs

Mazhar Tayyara, a stringer for Agence France-Presse and other international outlets, sustained multiple severe injuries when government forces fired on the city of Homs and died hours later at the hospital.

Syria

Human Rights Watch report documents security forces' use of torture on child detainees

According to a new Human Rights Watch report, "Syrian security forces have killed, arrested, and tortured children in their homes, their schools, or on the streets. In many cases, security forces have targeted children just as they have targeted adults."

Syria

Authorities detain blogger

The whereabouts of Mohammad Ghazy Kanas are still unknown; he was arrested by security forces on 3 January.

Syria

Army shoots protesters attempting to reach observers

When protesters approached a checkpoint on the way to the Baath party square to meet with Arab League observers, army personnel barred them from proceeding and, after the protesters refused to disperse, opened fire on the crowd, injuring at least nine protesters.

Syria

French TV reporter killed in Homs

Gilles Jacquier was killed by a shell or rocket that landed on a group of journalists, killing Jacquier on the spot and wounding many others.

Syria

Arab League observers urged to visit jailed bloggers and journalists, demand their release

While blogger Jehad Jamal, also known as "Milan", and others have been released, many journalists and bloggers are still being held.

Syria

Journalist succumbs to injuries

Gunmen deliberately shot Shukri Ahmed Ratib Abu Burghul in the face on 30 December, after he hosted his weekly programme on Radio Damascus.

Syria

Citizen journalist killed in Homs

Basil Al-Sayed, a 24-year-old citizen journalist, was shot in the head by security forces while filming in the Homs district of Bab Amr and died while being taken to hospital.

Syria

ANHRI condemns ongoing killing, repression of peaceful protesters

On 26 December, security and military forces fired live ammunition at protesters, claiming the lives of 44 civilians in several areas, primarily in Homs and Hamah.

Syria

Journalist arrested while covering demonstration

Eyewitnesses say Mohamed Dahnoun was escorted away from a demonstration in the Al-Midan area of Damascus and detained in an unknown location.

Syria

Photographer and film producer Guevara Nemer detained

Immigration authorities arrested Nemer as she was on her way to the United Arab Emirates to attend the Dubai Film Festival.

Syria

Blogger arrested at border on her way to media conference

Razan Ghazawi is a media coordinator, poet and blogger. Her arrest is yet another part of the government's campaign to silence critical voices, says ANHRI.

Syria

Formerly missing journalist now on trial; activists accused of inciting protests

Activist and blogger Hussein Ghrer was referred from the State Security Administration to civil justice after writing on his blog, "We don't want a country where we get imprisoned for uttering a word."

Syria

Cameraman found dead, last seen being arrested

Ferzat Jarban was filming anti-regime protests in al-Qasir in Homs governorate when authorities arrested him on Saturday 19 November.

Syria

RSF urges foreign media to take utmost care to protect local sources

While foreign reporters arrested face a few days in detention and then deportation, Syrians pay a much higher price for their involvement.

Syria

Journalists, blogger missing

Hussein Ghrer disappeared after leaving his home on October 24; the circumstances of his arrest, his condition, and his whereabouts are unknown.

Syria

List of detained bloggers and journalists gets longer amid pro-regime rallies

British journalist Sean McAllister, who was detained by authorities in Damascus for five days last week while working undercover on a report for Channel 4 News, has offered some grim insights into the mistreatment and torture of government opponents in Syrian prisons.

Syria

ANHRI condemns censorship of novel by Arab Writers Union

Charging the novel of being "seditious" and "glorif[ying] the Persian race and belittl[ing] other races," the Arab Writers Union banned the distribution of the novel "Sayed Al-Hawma", written by Abdul-Nasser Al-Ayed.

Syria

Journalist arrested, held without charge

Prior to his arrest, Amer Matar e-mailed a copy of his will to a friend and said, "I may not come back from Friday prayers."

Syria

Government announces new media law

Article 12 calls for "responsible freedom of expression" but provides no definition of the term, thereby allowing a great deal of scope for arbitrary interpretation.

Syria

Critical cartoonist viciously attacked by armed men

Ali Ferzat had recently published a cartoon showing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hitchhiking along a road trying to get a lift from a car driven by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

Syria

UN team should insist on protection of protesters, says Human Rights Watch

The authorities have demonstrated with gunfire and bloodshed that their promise to allow the UN to conduct a humanitarian mission without hindrance is hollow, says Human Rights Watch.

Syria

Journalists, bloggers arrested and beaten as information war continues

Isolated internationally, the authorities persist in censoring any discourse different from their own, jailing netizens and journalists who have witnessed violence against protesters, says RSF.

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