I wonder if anyone here has any pull with the Dictator Assad to get this man released.
UNESCO awards press freedom prize to jailed Syria activist
May 04, 2015 - 12:00:00 am
Riga--The UN's cultural body on Sunday awarded its annual press freedom prize to Mazen Darwish, a Syrian journalist and rights activist who has been jailed by the regime for more than three years.
Darwish was arrested on February 16, 2012 along with Hani Zaitani and Hussein Ghreir, his colleagues at the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression. They are accused of "promoting terrorist acts".
"I call on the Syrian authorities for his and his colleagues' release," UNESCO director general Irina Bokova said at the ceremony in Latvia to mark World Press Freedom Day, echoing repeated calls by rights groups, press organisations and the United Nations.
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UNESCO awards press freedom prize to jailed Syria activist
May 04, 2015 - 12:00:00 am
Riga--The UN's cultural body on Sunday awarded its annual press freedom prize to Mazen Darwish, a Syrian journalist and rights activist who has been jailed by the regime for more than three years.
Darwish was arrested on February 16, 2012 along with Hani Zaitani and Hussein Ghreir, his colleagues at the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression. They are accused of "promoting terrorist acts".
"I call on the Syrian authorities for his and his colleagues' release," UNESCO director general Irina Bokova said at the ceremony in Latvia to mark World Press Freedom Day, echoing repeated calls by rights groups, press organisations and the United Nations.
Continue reading at:
The Peninsula Qatar - UNESCO awards press freedom prize to jailed Syria activist?
