Syria - Syrian Authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Mazen Darwish and other detained activists

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Read in Arabic The undersigned Organisations call on the Syrian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Mazen Darwish, a prominent Syrian human rights defender and Director of the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) – an organization that enjoys UN ECOSOC consultative status -, as well as seven of his colleagues and a visitor, who were arrested on 16 February 2012 during a raid on their Damascus offices. In total 16 people were arrested during the raid at (...)

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