Syria - Hussein Ghreer and Hani Al-Zitani freed, Mazen Darwish still held

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes the release of Hussein Ghreer and Hani Al-Zitani – two human rights activists who were arrested more than three years ago along with Mazen Darwish, the head of the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) – and calls for Darwish's immediate release as well. Both SCM employees, Hussein Ghreer and Hani Al-Zitani are among the hundreds of detainees held on terrorism charges whose release in still unclear circumstances coincided with the (...)

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