Syria

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Spotlight: Syria Attacks Free Expression & the Law

Well-known Syrian citizen-journalist probably died in detention in 2013

20 April 2019
Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Ali Mahmoud Othman's family was recently told he died in detention and is seeking official confirmation of his death and the return of his body.

Syria Attacks

Germany arrests two Syrians for alleged crimes against humanity

Anwar R. (56) and Eyad A. (42) are being charged with torturing detainees while they were Syrian intelligence officers in 2011 and 2012.

‎ Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM)‎21 February 2019

Syria Attacks

Five years have passed since Syrian citizen-journalist Amir Hamed was abducted

Amir Hamed was abducted by gunmen from his home in Derbasiyah, North-Eastern Syria, on 11 January 2014. His whereabouts are still a mystery.

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)‎14 January 2019

Syria Impunity Attacks

Five years on, we remember Razan, Samira, Nazem and Wa'el

On 9 December, people around the world remembered Razan Zaitouneh, Samira Khalil, Nazem Hamadi and Wa'el Hamada, kidnapped in Douma, Syria on this day five years ago.

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), Maharat Foundation, PEN International, Reporters Without Borders (RSF)‎10 December 2018

Latest from Syria

Damascus journalist has a million stories but none she can safely report

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Syria Attacks Gender 15 November 2018
Two reporters injured by Turkish gunfire near Turkey-Syria border

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Syria Turkey Attacks 6 November 2018
Will Syria follow in the UAE's footsteps and censor VoIP services?

‎ Social Media Exchange (SMEX), Global Voices Advox

Syria Digital Rights United Arab Emirates Censorship 25 October 2018
Syrian human rights lawyer Yasser Al-Saleem arrested in Idlib

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

Syria Free Expression & the Law 24 September 2018
Syrian military intelligence arrests Syrian Kurdish journalist at checkpoint

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Syria Attacks Free Expression & the Law 6 September 2018
Razan Zeitouneh and the #Douma4

‎ Joey Ayoub for IFEX

Syria Attacks 5 September 2018
Prominent activists confirmed executed by Assad regime in 2013

‎ Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM)

Syria Attacks 29 July 2018
Palestinian-Syrian photographer Niraz Saied dies in prison

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Syria Attacks 20 July 2018
Yara Bader: Syrian free speech advocate

‎ IFEX

Syria Free Expression & the Law 17 July 2018
Mazen Darwish

‎ IFEX

Syria Free Expression & the Law 17 July 2018
At least 70 Syrian journalists trapped in southwestern Syria

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Syria Attacks 12 July 2018
Syrian TV journalist reported missing in Eastern Ghouta

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Syria Attacks 24 March 2018
Syrian organisation documents death of 55 media professionals in Eastern Ghouta in past 7 years

‎ Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM)

Syria Attacks 21 March 2018
Journalist Mohamed Sbeh assaulted by gunmen in northwestern Syria

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Syria Attacks 10 March 2018
Syrian journalist killed in airstrike in eastern Ghouta

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Syria Attacks 25 February 2018
Syrian magazine banned in Douma and its journalists sentenced to prison

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights

Syria Censorship Free Expression & the Law 16 August 2017
Rights groups condemn extrajudicial execution of human rights defender and software engineer Bassel Khartabil

‎ Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression

Syria 2 August 2017
Global Voices honors the life of open web activist Bassel Khartabil, executed by the Syrian regime

‎ Global Voices Advox

Syria Attacks Digital Rights 1 August 2017
Bassel Khartabil

‎ IFEX

Syria Digital Rights 1 August 2017
Syrian journalist killed by airstrike in Daraa

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Syria Attacks 15 March 2017
Building Syria's surveillance state: A Privacy International investigation

‎ Privacy International

Syria Digital Rights 10 January 2017
Protecting Aleppo's storytellers

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Syria Attacks 14 December 2016
Three years on and no word on Douma's missing activists

‎ Gulf Centre for Human Rights

Syria 12 December 2016
Syrian president claims US journalist Marie Colvin was "responsible" for her own death

‎ International Press Institute

Syria Impunity Attacks 27 July 2016
Al-Jazeera reporter killed by Russian air strike in Syria

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Syria Attacks 13 July 2016
Assad regime sued for death of war reporter Marie Colvin

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Syria 11 July 2016

At a glance

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Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM)

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Freedom on the Net 2017: Syria

Hackers linked to Iran have stepped up cyberattacks against Syrian opposition groups in a bid to disrupt reporting on human rights violations

Freedom House 16 November 2017
Freedom of the Press 2017: Syria

At least 14 journalists were killed in connection with their work during the year, the majority of whom died as a result of Syrian government air strikes or clashes between armed groups.

Freedom House 28 April 2017
Open Season: Building Syria's Surveillance State

On the Syrian government’s ambitious plans and projects to monitor the national communications infrastructure, the technical details of which are revealed for the first time.

Privacy International 12 December 2016

Risking Their Lives: Ongoing Attacks Against Journalists in Bahrain, Iraq, Syria and Yemen

Through this report the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) aims to highlight cases of ongoing killings, attacks and threats against journalists and other media workers in four countries, Bahrain, Iraq, Syria and Yemen, and makes recommendations to enhance their protection using international mechanisms including the United Nations system.

Gulf Centre for Human Rights 13 September 2016

Freedom of the Press 2016: Syria

IS maintained its campaign against freedom of expression, in part by issuing more videos of journalists’ executions.

Freedom House 23 April 2016

Freedom on the Net 2015: Syria

IS affiliated hackers step up attacks on citizens, journalists and groups documenting human rights abuses

Freedom House 31 October 2015

Freedom of the Press 2015: Syria

Ranked 190th in annual global media freedom report

Freedom House 1 May 2015

Freedom in the World 2014: Syria

University professors dismissed, arrested and killed for supporting Regime opponents

Freedom House 1 May 2014

Enemies of the Internet 2014: Syria

"Online tracking is a family affair"

Reporters Without Borders 12 March 2014

Attacks on the Press in 2013: Syria

"More journalists are missing in Syria than in any other country in the world"

Committee to Protect Journalists 11 February 2014

World Press Freedom Index 2014: Syria

Ranked 177th in annual press freedom index

Reporters Without Borders 1 February 2014

World Report 2014: Syria

Tens of thousands subject to arbitrary arrests, unlawful detentions, enforced disappearances, ill-treatment, and torture

Human Rights Watch 22 January 2014

Journalism in Syria, impossible job ?

The report examines the growing perils of journalism in Syria, analyzing the evolution in the dangers and identifying the origins of the threats and difficulties that Syrian and foreign news provider have encountered during the 32 months of the conflict.

Reporters Without Borders 6 November 2013