Syria - Newspaper reporter freed after being held for three months without charge

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders welcomes newspaper journalist Maan Aqil's release from prison yesterday but deplores the fact that the authorities held him for three months without ever charging him. The national criminal investigations department still has not said why it arrested Aqil at his place of work on 22 November. A reporter with the government daily Al-Thawra, he had written articles denouncing administrative corruption. 01.12.09 Newspaper journalist is latest victim of wave of (...)

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