Syrian journalists threatened with arrest and deportation by neighbouring states
“If sent back to Syria, one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists, they risk imminent arrest and even death.” – RSF
Syria: French court sentences three officials close to Bashar al-Assad to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity
“The fight against impunity for crimes committed by the Syrian regime and by all parties to this conflict continues.”
Syria revokes accreditation of 2 BBC journalists
“The recent revocation of two BBC reporters’ accreditation shows that the government remains intent on stifling independent voices.”
UN votes for establishing independent body on missing persons in Syria
The landmark resolution marks an initial step towards uncovering the fate of more than 130,000 missing people.
Canada and Netherlands bring Syrian torture allegations to International Court of Justice
The case bolsters international efforts working towards addressing the state of impunity in Syria.
Berlin court sentences perpetrator to life imprisonment for war crimes in Syria
SCM welcomes the court’s decision as a step toward justice and redress for the victims of grave violations committed in Syria since 2011.
Two refugee journalists in Turkey risk deportation to Syria
“Sending them back to Syria is to send them back to imprisonment, disappearance, or even death,” says RSF.
Syria: New cybercrime law is another attempt to repress online free expression
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) says the new law contains several vaguely-defined articles that violate the right to freedom of expression and threaten digital rights and online privacy.
The realities of Syria’s disappeared, arbitrarily detained, and their families
A new guide explores the dire risks and challenges facing the families of Syria’s disappeared, abducted, and arbitrarily detained.
Syrian media struggles to report on the pandemic
A new study by The Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression revealed significant gaps in the Syrian media’s coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in disseminating accurate, depoliticized information, and countering misinformation.
Syria: A black hole for media workers
Over the past decade, media and journalists in Syria faced violations against their work an average of once every three days, reveals a new report from the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression.
The devastating toll of Syria’s uprising on journalists
On the tenth anniversary of the anti-government uprising that began Syria’s civil war, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) evaluates this war’s devastating impact on the country’s media and journalists, of whom hundreds have been killed and at least another hundred have disappeared or have fled abroad.
Syria: Eight arrested for critical online posts
As part of an ongoing campaign to “combat the spread of false news and rumours” on social media, authorities arrest eight people for their Facebook posts, including prominent Damascus-based TV presenter Hala Al-Jarf.
Syria: Thousands of prisoners at risk of infection from the COVID-19 outbreak
A lack of government transparency and access to health records, as well as overcrowded, unsanitary detention centers are putting thousands of Syrian prisoners at risk of infection from the COVID-19 virus. Rights groups call for the release of detainees, including political prisoners and human rights defenders whose numbers remain largely unknown.
Syria: Women journalists facing smear campaigns and sexist attacks
Women reporting from Syria’s Idlib region are faced with online smear campaigns and threats of violence in an increasingly polarized media landscape.
The Disappeared: Where are Syria’s forcibly disappeared activists?
Rights groups issue a joint statement on the missing, detained and forcibly disappeared human rights defenders in Syria, calling for their release, and an end to the culture of impunity for perpetrators of crimes against humanity.