Annual Prison Census 2009: Syria
| Publisher | Committee to Protect Journalists |
| Publication Date | 8 December 2009 |
| Cite as | Committee to Protect Journalists, Annual Prison Census 2009: Syria, 8 December 2009, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4b220c9b1e.html [accessed 5 June 2023] |
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Journalists in prison as of December 1, 2009
Syria: 1
Karim al-Arbaji, freelance
Imprisoned: June 7, 2007
Al-Arbaji, administrator of the online forum Akhawia, languished in prison until September 2009, when he was finally sentenced to three years in prison by a State Security Court for "spreading false news that weakened the national sentiment," in accordance with Article 286 of the Syrian penal code, according to news reports.
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information said al-Arbaji's alleged confessions were extracted under torture and other forms of duress. The Syrian Center for Media and Free Expression described the case against him as baseless.
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