Syria: Razan Ghazzawi and Female Colleagues Freed

Posted 18 February 2012 22:35 GMT

Categories: activism, Advocacy, Arrest and Harassment, Feature, News, Syria

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This post is part of our special coverage Syria Protests 2011/2012.

Syrian Blogger and Freedom of Speech advocate Razan Ghazzawi was released on Saturday along with her female colleagues. The news came via Razan's sister, who tweeted earlier this evening:

@NadineGhazzawi: Sister is home :) but she can't leave the country anymore…they won't allow her.

Free Razan poster used by supporters to call for her released and that of her colleagues

At the time these lines are being written, Razan's male colleagues remain in prison, according to Free Razan page on Facebook:

Razan and all the females from the SCM are FREE , Razan is FREE !

Razan was arrested earlier this week along with 13 of her colleagues during a raid on the offices of the Syrian Center for Freedom of Expression in Damascus.

This post is part of our special coverage Syria Protests 2011/2012.

Written by Hisham Almiraat
Posted 18 February 2012 22:35 GMT ·

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[...] post is part of our special coverage Syria Protests. UPDATE: Razan Ghazzawi was released on Saturday along with her female colleagues. At the time of writing [...]

# 19 February 2012, 12:45 am
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[...] UPDATE: Razan Ghazzawi was released on Saturday along with her female colleagues. At the time of writing these lines Razan's male colleagues were still in custody. [...]

# 19 February 2012, 12:48 am
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# 19 February 2012, 6:52 am
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[...] VAOVAO FARANY: Noafahana i Razan Ghazzawi sy ireo vehivavy mpiara-miasa aminy tamin'ny Asabotsy teo. Tamin'ny fotoana nanoratana ity lahatsoratra ity kosa dia mbola notazonina ireo lehilahy mpiara-miasa aminy. [...]

# 19 February 2012, 11:23 am
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[...] DODATAK: Razan Ghazzawi je u subotu puštena iz zatvora zajedno sa svojim ženskim kolegama. U trenutku dok ovo pišemo su njene muške kolege još uvijek u zatvoru. [...]

# 19 February 2012, 4:05 pm
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[...] Last December, Ghazzawi was kept in custody for 15 days. Although she and her female colleagues were released on February 18, 2012, other male colleagues remain in [...]

# 23 February 2012, 3:29 am