Archive for January, 2008

National Organization for Human Rights: Syrian blogger Tariq Biassi is Still in Detention »

Reposted from National Organization for Human Rights

The Syrian blogger Tarek Biassi is still kept in detention by the Syrian authorities who arrested him on 7/7/2007 after one of the security agencies in Tartus summoned him and hasn’t been released yet.

It is believed that the reason for his detention was surfing into some blocked […]

Committee to Protect Bloggers: Syrian Blogger Still Detained »

From Committee to Protect Bloggers

According to Mideast Youth, blogger Tarek Baiasi, who was arrested on July 30 of last year in the city of Tartous, as part of a crackdown on online comments, has still not been heard of since his detention.

Baiasi was arrested “for a comment he left on one of the forums called […]

It Could Be You: Release Syrian Blogger Tarek Baiasi »

Reposted from Decentering Damascus

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 […]