maandag, december 12, 2005
Syrian photojournalist wins "cyber-freedom" award
The 2005 Reporters Without Borders/Fondation de France prize in the "cyberdissident" category was awarded on 7 December to Massoud Hamid. He was arrested in July 2004 and sentenced to three years in prison for "membership of a secret organisation" after posting photos of a Kurdish demonstration in Syria on a foreign-based website.
Massoud Hamid is one of the very few journalists who have managed to take photographs of a pro-Kurdish demonstration in Syria, which he sent abroad to be posted on a German-based website (www.amude.com). He was punished very harshly.
The 29-year-old journalism student was arrested on 24 July 2004 as he was taking an exam at Damascus University.
After a mockery of a trial, the state security court sentenced him on 10 October 2004 to three years in prison for “belonging to a secret organisation” and “trying to annex part of Syria to another country.”
Bron: Reporters Without Borders.
Massoud Hamid is one of the very few journalists who have managed to take photographs of a pro-Kurdish demonstration in Syria, which he sent abroad to be posted on a German-based website (www.amude.com). He was punished very harshly.
The 29-year-old journalism student was arrested on 24 July 2004 as he was taking an exam at Damascus University.
After a mockery of a trial, the state security court sentenced him on 10 October 2004 to three years in prison for “belonging to a secret organisation” and “trying to annex part of Syria to another country.”
Bron: Reporters Without Borders.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 09:31
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