Gunmen from an armed faction in western rural Aleppo abducted the Syrian interim government’s head of education, Mohamed Al-Mustafa. They abducted him from his office in Al-Tawama village in the city of Atarib in western rural Aleppo. The abduction occurred a few hours prior to an announcement in Idlib of a government loyal to the […]
Nusra Soldiers Attack Peaceful Protest in Idlib
An armed group of the Nusra Front in Idlib city attacked a peaceful protest organised by residents opposed to the Syrian regime; ripping the independence flag which members of the protest had put up and abducting five members of the media that were covering the protest. The Nusra Front and the Security forces of the […]
An American Journalist is Released 22 months after his Abduction
The American Journalist, Peter Theo Curtis, has been released after almost two years of abduction. Curtis was abducted in early October 2012. It is thought that “The Nusra Front” or an organisation close to the Nusra were behind his abduction. John Kerry, the American Foreign Minister, announced today that the journalist was finally returning to […]
Nine months since the Abduction of Razan Zeitouna
The abduction of the human rights activist Razan Zeitouna has sent shockwaves through the human rights circle in Syria, as despite the fact that civil, human rights, and media activists were being highly targeted at that time, all of this was taking place in North Syria and it was clear that ISIS were behind these […]
Spanish Journalist Released
It was announced today in Madrid that the Spanish Journalist Mark Margenidas was released. Mark Margenidas was abducted in Hama on 3/9/2013, after stopping at an ISIS checkpoint. The Spanish newspaper El Periodico, for whom Margenidas works, said that he was currently in Turkey with the company of Spanish officials, and where he was undergoing […]
Death of Longest Serving Political Prisoner in Aleppo Central Prison
The longest detained political prisoner in Aleppo, Ahmed Hamdo al-Mahmoud, died today, after spending over 25 years in the prison since his abduction in 1988. Al-Mahmoud was arrested after he was released from the army prisons- which cooperate with Israel- in South Lebanon, and in which he was detained during his mandatory service in the […]
Fresh FM Radio: A New Victim of Media Attacks
Radio Fresh FM, which is broadcast from the city of Kafranbel in rural Idlib, was raided by elements of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), who stole equipment they found in the office, as well as abducting the following workers: 1- Salaah Abdul Qadir Ja’aar 2- Ahmed Hamdo al-Bayoosh 3- Hamood Juneid […]
Abduction of Razan Zeitouna and three of her Colleagues by an Unknown Group
An unknown group raided the office for Local Development and Documentation of Human Rights Violations in Syria (based in Douma) and abducted the well known human rights activist Razan Zeitouna, the activist and previous political prisoner Sameera al-Khalil, the prominent activist (and husband of Razan Zeitouna) Wa’il Hamada, and the lawyer, activist and poet, Nathim […]
Swedish Journalists Abducted in Syria
Two Swedish journalists were kidnapped in Syria on Saturday 23/11/2013, the Swedish Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday. The Ministry further revealed that independent photographer Niclas Hammerstrom and independent journalist Magnus Falkehed (who is based in Paris) were both abducted as they were leaving the country. This news comes in during a month considered the worst […]
Polish Journalist Marcin Suder is Free
The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) has come to know that the Polish journalist Marcin Suder, who was abducted on 24/7/2013, escaped from his captivity. He was abducted when an armed group raided the media office of Saraqeb (Idlib), and began beating the activist Manhal Barsh, and then abducted Suder, who was training media activists […]