Very worrying news from Amnesty International regarding the health of Hytham al-Maleh. Haitham al-Maleh was born in Damascus, in 1931 holds a degree in Law from Damascus University and a diploma in public international law. He is an award-winning human rights activist and lawyer. On 7 December 2004 he received an award from the National Advisory [...]
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Urgent: Amnesty appeal as Haitham al-Maleh’s health fails #syria #amnesty #almaleh #labwani
Posted in human rights, international, politics, syria, tagged al-labwani, amnesty, free speech, haitham al-maleh, human rights, international, politics, syria, syrian opposition on February 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Syrian repression of free speech continues as two more journalists are “disappeared” #syria #freespeech #humanrights
Posted in comment, current affairs, human rights, international, politics, syria, tagged free speech, human rights, syria on January 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Reporters sans Frontières is reporting that journalist Ali Taha and cameraman Ali Ahmed have been detained since since 2 January (as usual, the Syrian authorities are providing no information on the arrests): “The continuing arbitrary arrests of journalists in Syria are disturbing,” Reporters Without Borders said. “The authorities provide no information about the legal grounds for [...]
Anwar Al-Bunni: Smiling and with his head held high… #albunni #allabwani #amnesty #syria
Posted in current affairs, human rights, international, politics, syria, tagged al-bunni, amnesty, anwar, free speech, human rights, kamal labwani, labwani, syria, syrian opposition on January 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Wednesday I blogged about the German Association of Judges awarding Anwar al-Bunni their prestigious human rights prize. On that page is a link to an article by Peter Franck und Ruth Jüttner of Amnesty International Berlin. My German is just about passable enough for me to be able to recognise that their words merited a fuller, more [...]
Syrian regime disappears another journalist – Ma’an Aqil #aqil #labwani #syria
Posted in human rights, international, syria, tagged alkarama, free speech, human rights, kamal labwani, labwani, maan aqil, syria, syrian opposition on December 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I received a disturbing email from Alkarama this morning. Ma’an Aqil, a prominent journalist, was arrested on November 22nd. His would appear to be the latest in a wave of intimidation conducted by Syrian security forces against journalists and bloggers. You can read the report from Reporters sans frontières on this link here: Newspaper journalist is [...]
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BBC World Service on Syria
Posted in comment, current affairs, human rights, international, politics, syria, tagged free speech, haitham al-maleh, human rights, international, kamal labwani, labwani, maleh, politics, syria, syrian opposition on January 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Thank you to Maureen Thomas for drawing my attention to two important internet broadcasts by the BBC World Service. The first is with Iyas Maleh, whose father Haytham al-Maleh was imprisoned by the Syrian regime last year. He talks here about the circumstances that led to his arrest and the character of one of Syria’s greatest [...]
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