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Syria - Detained media freedom defender must be released unconditionally

Reporters without borders

Mazen Darwish, the head of the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) is still being held although his SCM colleagues Hussein Ghreer and Hani Al-Zitani were released provisionally two weeks ago along with hundreds of other detainees for the Eid-Al-Fitr religious holiday. With exactly a month to go to the next hearing in their drawn-out trial, Reporters Without Borders joins Mazen Darwish's family in requesting his immediate release. According to his family, he is now being (...)

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