ISIS have released a video showing the execution of five journalists in Deir Azzour. The video, which was called “Soul of Satan”, showed the detainees in positions which had been acted out. In some scenes they were shown to be in the city and among the civilians. The video, which was released on 25/6/2016, did […]
Three Spanish Journalists Released
The three Spanish journalists that had been kidnapped in mid 2015 have now reached Turkey, following their released by the Nusra Front which had kidnapped them according to Spanish sources. Bamblica Antonio, Jose Manuel Lopez and Angel Sastre were kidnapped on 10/7/2015 after their immediate entry into Syria via the Turkish border, on their way […]
Four Media Workers Killed in November 2015
SHRC has documented the killing of four media workers during November 2015, as well as the injury of ten others and the bombing of two media centres. Those killed include: 1. Mohammed al-‘Abbar 2. Ahmed Yusuf 3. Ahmed al-Wardah 4. Wa’il al-Zaybaq The two media centres targeted were the Media Centre of Dayr al-Asafeer and […]
Russian Journalist Team Injured in Syria
The official Russian channel “Russia Today” has announced that its correspondent Sargon Hidaya, the correspondent of “ART English” Roman Kosarev, and the correspondent of “Taas” agency Alexander Aalistratov, have all been injured in Syria. This happened when the vehicle transporting them in al-Daghmashliah on the route towards Jabal Zweik in rural Latakkia was attacked with […]
Violations Committed by the Media in Syria and the Arab World: An Absence of Accountability and Violation of Professionalism
On Tuesday, cameras in Hungary captured the attack of a Hungarian camerawoman against refugees attempting to enter into the country, which led to her dismissal from the channel she was working for. Camerawoman Petra Laszlo worked for N1TV, a news channel affiliated to the right wing Jobbik party which is opposed to refugees and foreigners. […]
Media Activist Killed in Sahl al-Ghaab
The media activist Mohammed Abdul Latif Hamada was killed as he fulfilled his media duties during the coverage of ongoing clashes between regime forces and opposition battalions in Sahl al-Ghaab. The activist Hamada is from Tal Waasit in Hama.
Three Spaniard Journalists Kidnapped in Aleppo
The Spanish Foreign Office has confirmed that three Spanish journalists who entered Syria on 10/7/2015 have gone missing. The three Spaniards Antonio Bamblija, Jose Manuel Lopez and Angel Sastre entered Aleppo via the Turkish border. Communication with them was immediately cut off once they entered Syria. Neither the Spanish foreign office nor Spanish newspapers have […]
Daily Report on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 8/12/2014
The total death toll in Syria on Monday 8/12/2014 reached 45 deaths including three children, three women and two killed under torture. A staggering 22 civilians were killed in the capital Damascus and its suburbs; 16 died as a result of air strikes on Douma, Hamuriya and Arbeen, two were executed at the hands of […]
The End of the Ordeal of the Four French Journalists in Syria
Ten months following their abduction, the ordeal of the four French journalists kidnapped in Syria came to an end after they were released in circumstances of which details have not yet been provided. On 18/4/2014, the Turkish authorities found the French journalists with their hands tied and their eyes covered on the Syrian-Turkish borders. They […]
RSF : On the second anniversary of the arrest of Mazen Darwish the human rights situation remains critical as two more human rights defenders are targeted
16 February 2014 marked the two-year anniversary of the arbitrary arrest of prominent human rights defender Mazen Darwish. Despite the international reaction and calls for his release and that of his colleagues the situation for human rights defenders in Syria remains critical. On 17 February 2014, the home of detained human rights defender Khalil Ma’touq […]