Syria - Release of six activists arrested during raid, nine still held

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn that six of the activists arrested during the 16 February raid on the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) – Yara Badr, Mayada Khalil, Razan Ghazzawi, Rita Dayoub, Sana Mohsen and Hanadi Zahlout – were released two days later, on the evening of 18 February. The six – all of the six women still held since the raid – were nonetheless told to report every day to the headquarters of the Syrian air force intelligence for as long as (...)

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