Syria - Arrests and beatings as information war continues

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders continues to register cases of violence and arbitrary arrests in which the victims are anyone trying to provide information about what is happening in Syria. It also condemns the journalist Eyad Shorbaji's trial, which is due to begin today in Damascus. The reason for his arrest and the charges are still unknown. “We fear that Bashar Al-Assad's regime is locked into a repressive frenzy that has reached a point of no return,” Reporters Without Borders said. “Isolated (...)

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