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Call for immediate release of two French journalists missing in north

Published on 7 June 2013Read

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Joint public statement

Deteriorating health of arbitrarily detained human rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq

Published on 5 June 2013Read

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Mazen Darwish to be tried by special military court

In Arabic (بالعربية) Syria’s airforce intelligence service refused to comply with a judge’s request to produce Mazen Darwish, the head of the Syrian (...)

Published on 9 August 2012 Read

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Spate of attacks on government media and journalists

Read in Arabic (بالعربية) Reporters Without Borders condemns today’s bombing of the state TV station’s headquarters in the high-security district of (...)

Published on 6 August 2012 Read

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Five Turkish journalists wounded in Aleppo, latest danger zone for media personnel

Read in Arabic / بالعربية Five Turkish journalists were wounded two days ago while covering fierce fighting in the northern city of Aleppo. Three of (...)

Published on 1 August 2012 Read

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Two European photographers freed, detained Syrian blogger on hunger strike

Read in Arabic / بالعربية Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn that two foreign freelance photographers were freed on 27 July after being (...)

Published on 30 July 2012 Read

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Number of citizen journalists killed and arrested rises daily

27.07.2012 - Citizen journalist held since her arrest in Latakia a month ago Read in Arabic / بالعربية Reporters Without Borders has learned that (...)

Published on 27 July 2012 Read

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Thirty-three professional and citizen journalists killed since March 2011

ٍRead in Arabic / بالعربية A total of 33 professional and citizen journalists have been killed since the start of the uprising in Syria in March 2001, (...)

Published on 7 July 2012 Read

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Pro-government TV station blown up, three people killed

Read in Arabic (بالعربية) Three people were killed in a bomb attack today on the headquarters of the commercial pro-government television station (...)

Published on 27 June 2012 Read

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Call to release freedom of expression defenders held incommunicado

Read in Arabic (بالعربية) The following is an appeal from over 80 groups, initiated by the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), the Gulf Centre for (...)

Published on 21 June 2012 Read