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Syria - Belated amnesty for Syrian “information hero” Mazen Darwish

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders welcomes today's ruling by an anti-terrorism court in Damascus that Mazen Darwish and four members of his staff at the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) are covered by a political amnesty issued in June 2014. “We are relieved to learn that the trial of Mazen Darwish and his colleagues has ended with their unconditional release under this amnesty,” Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Christophe Deloire said. “These journalists and human (...)

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