Syria

This SCM study highlights the need for effective mechanisms to address widespread abuses against journalists in Syria.

The guide takes readers on a journey all too familiar to many Syrians, from the immediate aftermath of a loved one’s disappearance – and the frantic search for answers – through the painful process of settling the disappeared person’s affairs.

The Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression monitored 154 newspaper articles and more than 136 hours of television and radio broadcasts in the first three weeks of July 2020, to identify key indicators of how the Syrian media covered the pandemic news. The analysis of the data we obtained revealed significant gaps in the Syrian media’s coverage of the pandemic, especially in disseminating accurate information and correcting rumors.

The report reviews ten years of violations against media and media professionals (from March 2011 until the end of 2020), and presents the implications of the conflict for media freedom and the impact on the work of the media.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Ranked 190th in annual global media freedom report

University professors dismissed, arrested and killed for supporting Regime opponents

“Online tracking is a family affair”

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

Ranked 177th in annual press freedom index

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

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.

Ranked 189th in annual global media freedom report

“University professors have been dismissed or imprisoned for expressing dissent, and some have been killed in response to their outspoken support for regime opponents”

Syria’s netizens “continue heroically to risk their lives to inform the world”

Pro-government Syrian Online Army violently stole journalists’ social media passwords, defaced Facebook pages, and spammed opposition websites

Fourth worst nation for press freedom in 2011

Female critics targeted by gender