Index on Censorship » Mohammed Abdelmawala al-Hariri http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » Mohammed Abdelmawala al-Hariri http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Syria: Citizen journalist sentenced to death for Al-Jazeera interview http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/05/syria-citizen-journalist-sentenced-to-death-for-al-jazeera-interview/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/05/syria-citizen-journalist-sentenced-to-death-for-al-jazeera-interview/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 13:35:01 +0000 Alice Purkiss http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=36584 A citizen journalist has been sentenced to death in Syria, after giving a series of interviews to Al-Jazeera TV station. Mohammed Abdelmawla al-Hariri has been charged with “high treason and contacts with foreign parties” after giving the broadcaster an interview on the situation in his home town of Deraa. Hariri, who was arrested on 16 April shortly after giving [...]

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]]> Syria, after giving a series of interviews to Al-Jazeera TV station. Mohammed Abdelmawla al-Hariri has been charged with “high treason and contacts with foreign parties” after giving the broadcaster an interview on the situation in his home town of Deraa. Hariri, who was arrested on 16 April shortly after giving an interview, has reportedly been subject to horrific torture after his arrest, resulting in partial paralysis. The Syrian government has accused the station of being part of a global plot to cause chaos in the country.

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