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About Razan

I refer to myself as a person from Syria, not a "Syrian citizen." I am currently doing my MA's thesis on Iraqi Jews' literature in my beautiful city, Beirut. I blog at Razanisms and I like to take photos. I am a vegetarian and a proud socialist.

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On Sunday 11-5-2008 the State Security Court in Damascus stated its verdict on the Syrian blogger Tariq Baiasi who was held in detention since 7-7-2007. Tariq was detained for leaving a comment on websites disfavored by the Syrian government.

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It all started when one did: Ahmad published several entries concerning the detention of Tariq, the jailed Syrian blogger, but it is only when his blog was added on the SYPlanet aggregator that I had the chance to be aware of Tariq’s situation. I reacted by contacting all the bloggers who reported on Tariq’s detention [...]

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Tarek was detained on 7-7-2007 for critiquing security forces in Syria. He has not been taken to court up to this moment.
His name is Tarek Baiasi and he’s 23 years old. He lives in Banyas with his mother and two sisters. His father was detained during the 80s by the Syrian security agents, who [...]

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