RSF calls for restrictions on journalist Nizar Nayyouf to be lifted
(RSF/IFEX) – The following is an RSF press release: Nizar Nayyouf released but put under house arrest The journalist continues his hunger strike Journalist Nizar Nayyouf was released on 6 May 2001 in the night, announced his family to Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF – Reporters Without Borders). This release happened after nine years in detention […]
Journalist Nizar Nayouf released from prison
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN press release: Paris, 7 May 2001 For immediate release Nizar Nayouf Released From Prison Nizar Nayouf, the prominent Syrian journalist and democracy activist, has been released from prison but remains under house arrest, the World Association of Newspapers learned Monday. Mr Nayouf, who began a hunger strike for […]
Journalist Nizar Nayouf enters second week of hunger strike
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN press release: Paris, 30 April, 2001 Hunger Strike Enters Second Week Nizar Nayouf, the Syrian journalist and democracy activist, has entered the second week of a hunger strike that began after authorities reversed a decision to release him from prison, the World Association of Newspapers said Monday. Mr […]
Journalist Nizar Nayyouf on renewed hunger strike, imminent death feared
(IPI/IFEX) – In a 24 April 2001 letter to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, IPI expressed its deep concern about the fate of Nizar Nayyouf, a journalist and human rights activist, who is near death in a Damascus military prison after going on a renewed hunger strike. According to information before IPI, Nayyouf began a hunger […]
Three journalists remain imprisoned; poet describes prison conditions and torture
(WiPC/IFEX) – The WiPC is currently staging a campaign on behalf of Nizar Nayouf, detained in Syria. The following is a description of the situation in Syria, and an excerpt of an extremely moving interview with Faraj Bayraqdar, the Syrian poet who was freed last year following many years in prison: Syria under human rights […]
RSF deeply concerned about journalist Nizar Nayyouf’s health; journalist ‘Adel Isma’il also remains imprisoned
(RSF/IFEX) – While the Syrian authorities released three journalists in November 2000, in the context of an amnesty, two others are still in prison in Syria: Nizar Nayyouf and ‘Adel Isma’il. RSF is deeply concerned for Nayyouf’s very survival. The organisation cannot understand why the Syrian authorities are so determined to keep Nayyouf and Isma’il […]
RSF welcomes the release of two journalists but recalls that three others remain imprisoned
(RSF/IFEX) – As part of the amnesty of six hundred political prisoners, the Syrian authorities released two journalists, Samir Al-Hassan and Faraj Ahmad Birqdar, on 16 November 2000, date of the anniversary of Hafez el-Assad’s takeover in 1970. RSF Secretary-General Robert Ménard welcomed “such a measure, which constitutes a positive sign for freedom in Syria […]
Release of political prisoners welcomed
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 27 July 2000 Human Rights Watch press release: Syria: Prisoner Releases Welcomed (New York, July 27, 2000) — Human Rights Watch today welcomed the news that some political prisoners in Syria were being released, and urged the government to disclose their names. The releases were reportedly ordered by Bashar […]
CPJ urges president to ensure international press freedom standards are upheld
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 13 July 2000 letter to President Bashar al-Assad on the occasion of his recent confirmation as president, CPJ urged him to do everything in his power to ensure that his government upholds international press freedom standards and guarantees the rights of journalists to practice their profession freely. For years, CPJ has […]
IPI urges president to reform media, release imprisoned journalist
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an 11 July 2000 IPI letter addressed to President Bashar al-Assad, on the occasion of his inauguration as president of Syria: Bashar al-Assad President Presidential Palace Abu Ruman al-Rashid Street Damascus, Syria 11 July 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and journalists, extends […]
RSF appeals for the release of seven imprisoned journalists
(RSF/IFEX) – The following is an RSF letter to Bashar al-Assad, who will be the only candidate in Syrian presidential elections scheduled for 10 July 2000: Mr Bashar al-Assad Secretary General of the Syrian Baath Party Abu Rummaneh, Al-Rashid Street Damascus, Syria Paris, 6 July 2000 Dear Sir, Just a few days prior to the […]
RSF confirms that journalist remains imprisoned
(RSF/IFEX) – The following is a 26 May 2000 RSF press release: Nizar Nayyuf still in prison Syrian journalist Nizar Nayyuf is still being held at Mezze prison, Damascus, contrary to what Reporters Sans Frontières reported in a press release issued on 27 April 2000. Several sources had announced the journalist’s release on 22 or […]
Imprisoned journalist close to death
**Updates IFEX alerts of 2 May 2000, 25, 4 October and 1 April 1999, 29 September, 17 September and 10 September 1998, 11 October and 27 January 1995** (IPI/IFEX) – In a letter to President Hafez al-Assad, IPI called on the Syrian government to exercise compassion and release the imprisoned journalist Nizar Nayouf. Nayouf is […]
Syrian journalist remains in prison, contrary to reports
**Updates IFEX alerts of 23 November, 25 October, 4 October and 1 April 1999, 29 September, 17 September and 10 September 1998, 11 October and 27 January 1995** (WAN/IFEX) – The following is a 2 May 2000 WAN press release: Paris, 2 May 2000 For immediate release Syrian Journalist Remains in Prison, Contrary to Reports […]
RSF protests the imprisonment of two journalists since 1982 and 1984
(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad, RSF has expressed its grave concern about the situation of two journalists jailed since 1982 and 1984. RSF asked the Syrian president to “use his influence to assure their expeditious release.” RSF added: “Since Fateh Jamous was to be released in 1997 and Aslan Abdelkarim […]
Call for release of imprisoned writer
SYRIA: RELEASE IMPRISONED RIGHTS DEFENDERS (HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: **Updates IFEX alerts of 4 October and 1 April 1999, 29 September, 17 September and 10 September 1998, 11 October and 27 January 1995** (New York, October 25) Human Rights Watch today called on President Hafez al-Assad of Syria […]