Syria - Authorities refuse to free journalist on completion of sentence, bring new charges

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is shocked to learn that the Syrian authorities did not free journalist Ali Al-Abdallah when he completed a 30-month jail sentence on 16 June, and are now holding him on new charges of “disseminating false information with the aim of harming the state” because of an article posted online at the end of last year in which he criticised the Islamic Republic of Iran's religious system and Syria's relations with Iran. “The decision to keep Abdallah in detention is very (...)

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