Free Tariq

Reposted from Abu Kareem
Tariq Biasi is a blogger who had the misfortune of leaving a comment on a public website that the authorities deemed too critical of the government. He lost his freedom as a consequence. He is not the first and unfortunately will not be the last to lose his freedom for peacefully expressing […]

Reporters Without Borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns the arbitrary detention of Syrian blogger Tariq Omar Biasi, 22, who has been held the Palestine branch in Damascus since 7 July 2007 because of a blog entry regarded as overly critical by the government.
“Detaining someone because of a comment they posted online is outrageous,” the […]

Reposted from The Skeptic Syrian blogger Tariq Biassi, 22, is still detained, apparently without charge or trial, in Damascus’ notorious Palestine Branch detention center. Syrian Military Intelligence officers arrested him from Tartous on June 30 after he insulted the security services in a blog post.
Tariq’s blog is here. More information, including banners, petitions, and other campaign […]

reposted from My Stupid’s Corner
It is important, to sound out. Even if very few will hear.
It is important to try, just try, to challenge the hegemony of fear.

For what it’s worth, We Support Tariq.
[Tariq, is a fellow blogger, who was arrested for leaving a comment on a public forum, criticizing the Security Apparatus.]
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Free Tariq Campaign’s […]

Republished from Decentering Damascus

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 […]