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Abduction of Interim Government Official in Rural Aleppo

2-November-2017 By admin2

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 […]

Filed Under: Editors choice, SHRC's Reports, Statements Tagged With: abduction, syrian interim government

Nusra Soldiers Attack Peaceful Protest in Idlib

7-March-2016 By admin2

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 […]

Filed Under: Editors choice, Statements Tagged With: abduction, idlib, media, Nusra Front, peaceful protest

An American Journalist is Released 22 months after his Abduction

24-August-2014 By admin2

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 […]

Filed Under: Editors choice, News, Statements Tagged With: abduction, Al-Nusra, America, journalist, Peter Theo Curtis, US

Nine months since the Abduction of Razan Zeitouna

10-July-2014 By admin2

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 […]

Filed Under: Editors choice, Statements Tagged With: abduction, human rights, lawyer, razan zeitouna

Spanish Journalist Released

2-March-2014 By admin2

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 […]

Filed Under: Editors choice, Statements Tagged With: abduction, foreign journalists, freedom for journalists, ISIS, journalist, Mark Margenidas, released, spanish

Death of Longest Serving Political Prisoner in Aleppo Central Prison

1-January-2014 By admin2

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 […]

Filed Under: Editors choice, Statements Tagged With: abduction, aleppo central prison, arbitrary arrest, arrest, emaciation, ill conditions, political prisoner, syria, torture

Fresh FM Radio: A New Victim of Media Attacks

29-December-2013 By admin2

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 […]

Filed Under: Editors choice, Special reports Tagged With: abduction, Fresh FM Radio, idlib, ISIL, journalist, Kafranbel, kidnapping, media, members of press

Abduction of Razan Zeitouna and three of her Colleagues by an Unknown Group

10-December-2013 By admin2

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 […]

Filed Under: Editors choice, Statements Tagged With: abduction, human rights, journalism, kidnapping, press freedoms, razan zeitouna, syria

Swedish Journalists Abducted in Syria

26-November-2013 By admin2

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 […]

Filed Under: Editors choice, Statements Tagged With: abduction, freedoms, ISIL, kidnapping, Magnus Falkehed, media, Niclas Hammerstrom, press, Swedish journalists, syria, Syrian regime, violations

Polish Journalist Marcin Suder is Free

31-October-2013 By admin2

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 […]

Filed Under: Editors choice, Statements Tagged With: abduction, activist, captured, Danger, idlib, ISIS, journa, journalist, marcin suder, media, polish, saraqeb, syria

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