Baladi News
The Syrian Network for Human Rights
The Syrian Network for Human Rights has released its report that documents violations against media workers by all parties to the conflict in Syria, noting that 17 media workers were killed in the first half of 2018, including two who died in June.
The report records that 17 media workers have been killed since the start of 2018. Of those, the Syrian regime was responsible for 10 deaths, while the report that Russian forces, ISIS, factions from the armed opposition, and Kurdish Self-Management forces were responsible for one death each. Lastly, three media workers were killed at the hands of other parties.
The report adds that 21 media workers were injured in the first half of 2018, including nine by Syrian regime forces and eight by Russian forces, while one media worker was injured by Kurdish Self-Management forces and three by other parties.
In addition, the report documents 16 cases of arrest, abduction, and release in the first half of 2018. Two of those were by Hay’at Tahrir al Sham, while factions from the armed opposition were responsible for seven, as two of the seven detainees were released. One media worker was arrested and released later by Kurdish Self-Management forces, while other parties abducted two media workers, where one of the two abductees was released later.
Further, the report records three other violations against media workers in the first half of 2018, including two by Syrian regime forces, while the third violation was by other parties.
The report records the killing of two media workers due to torture at the Syrian regime’s detention centers in June.
Also, the report records that Hay’at Tahrir al Sham arrested one media worker, in addition to four arrest cases by factions from the armed opposition, and one abduction case by other parties.