Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM)

Articles by Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM)

Report: Combating impunity for crimes against Syrian journalists

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

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.”

A protester places portraits of Syrians suspected of being detained or disappeared by the Syrian government on the pavement during a demonstration in front of Berlin's Brandenburg gate on 7 May 2022. JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images

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.

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.

Children cross a road in front of a mural, part of an awareness campaign calling on people to take care during the COVID-19 pandemic, in Qamishli, Syria, 9 March 2021, DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images

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.

A photojournalist lies on the ground as ISIL militants clash with Kurdish armed groups, in Syria's Zorafa region, near the Turkish border, 1 October 2014, Emin Menguarslan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

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.