To mark Syria’s National Day, 17th April, friends and supporters of Syria’s wrongly incarcerated prisoners of conscience protested outside the Syrian Embassy at 8 Belgrave Square, in London. Between 70 and 80 people were in attendance, many of them signing a letter to the President that was delivered via Embassy officials. Simultaneous protests mounted in [...]
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Protestors call for the release of Syria’s prisoners of conscience #labwani #syria
Posted in current affairs, human rights, international, politics, syria, tagged al-bunni, al-hassani, anwar al-bunni, haitham al-maleh, human rights, international, kamal labwani, maleh, syria, syrian opposition on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Iyas Maleh and Kamal Labwani’s friends urge support for Syrian Independence Day demo, April 17th #syria #labwani
Posted in human rights, international, politics, syria, tagged al-bunni, amnesty, haitham al-maleh, human rights, international, kamal labwani, politics, syria, syrian opposition on April 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As Syria prepares to celebrate 64 years of independence, the European Union continues to work towards cementing relations with Syria through its EU-Syria Mediterranean Association Agreement. Maureen Thomas, however, has alerted me to a demonstration outside the Syrian Embassy to remind the world that despite its reformist rhetoric, peaceful and democratic reformers such as Kamal Labwani, Anwar Bunni, [...]
Letter from Kamal’s family about the conditions in Adra Prison #syria #kamal
Posted in human rights, international, politics, syria, tagged al-bunni, haitham al-maleh, human rights, international, kamal labwani, politics, syria, syrian opposition on March 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Kamal Labwani’s family have written to Maureen Thomas, describing the latest humiliations in Adra Prison, Damascus. Maureen’s covering comment is a timely reminder of the human frailty of our friends who have been imprisoned in Damascus: “One can only admire the prisoners’ pride, determination and courage but I worry for Haytham, Muhannad, Anwar and Kamal [...]
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 [...]
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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Syria: Koki, Aqil and other journalists freed by regime – a glimmer of hope for Kamal, Hytham, Anwar and colleagues? #labwani #syria
Posted in comment, current affairs, human rights, international, politics, syria, tagged al-bunni, al-labwani, haitham al-maleh, human rights, kamal labwani, koki, maan aqil, syria, syrian opposition on February 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Alkarama have reported that Ma’an Aqil and Abdul Rahman Koki have been freed by the Syrian government within days of each other. Aqil, a journalist in Damascus, was arrested on 22 November 2009 and was detained arbitrarily for three months (I blogged about his detention in December). Alkarama report that he was released Tuesday 23 [...]
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