Syria : Website to Highlight Plight of Detainees

Email A new website, http://www.free-syrian-voices.org, being launched today by a group of international human rights groups, including Amnesty International, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Front Line Defenders, Human Rights Watch, and Reporters Without Borders, hopes to shed light on the plight of Syrian civil society activists including human rights defenders, media, and humanitarian workers who have been targeted for their work or peaceful activism. (Paris, March 14, 2014) – A new website, http://www.free-syrian-voices.org,…

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