Syria - Raid on Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders roundly condemns today's arrest of Mazen Darwish, the head of the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression. Security forces arrested him during a raid on his office in Damascus at midday together with his companion Yara Badr and the blogger Razan Ghazzawi. Twelve other people, including employees of the centre, journalists, bloggers and human rights activists, were arrested during the raid. They were identified as Hanadi Zahlout, Hussein Greir, Hani (...)

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