Free Tariq

 The State Security Court in Damascus has sentenced Tariq to three years after lessening it from six years to three years (originally, Tariq received three years for each of the following charges): 
1- Dwindling the national feeling.
2-Weakening the national ethos.  
The militarily security arrested Tariq on 7-7-2007 for leaving a comment on websites considered “suspicious” by the […]

Reposted from The Newbabylon Times
Tariq Baiasi, was surfing the internet one day, and happened to leave a comment on a public forum, criticizing the notorious security apparatus. Not long after that, on July 7th, 2007, he was arrested in his hometown of Banyas, never to be heard of again. As of today, Tariq has been […]

 Reposted from Mytech
Dopo 60 giorni di reclusione, parte una settimana di mobilitazione per la liberazione di Fouad Al-Farhan, blogger saudita arrestato e poi recluso in una località sconosciuta.
Qui tutte le istruzioni dell’iniziativa di pressione sul governo saudita (tra cui anche una petizione).
Intanto, via Global Voices, sono venuto a conoscenza di un’altra campagna di mobilitazione per […]

Reposted from Global Viking
Tariq Baiasi, was surfing the internet one day, and happened to leave a comment on a public forum, criticizing the notorious security apparatus. Not long after that, on July 7th, 2007, he was arrested in his hometown of Banyas, never to be heard of again. As of today, Tariq has been in […]

Reposted from Blogger for Freedom
Tariq Baiasi1, a Syrian blogger, has been in prison for more than half a year now. He has not been taken to court, no trial was held against him. Far too long, some of his fellow bloggers think - and have started the Free Tariq Campaign2 to help him.
Tariq had to […]

Reposted from In partibus infidelium
Imaginaos cómo se las gastan las dictaduras árabes con los blogueros locales. Os presento el caso de Tariq Baiasi, bloguero sirio. Es espeluznante:
“Tariq estaba un día navegando por Internet y se le ocurrió dejar un comentario en un foro público criticando a las fuerzas de seguridad sirias. Al poco tiempo fue […]

Reposted from Gloval Voices Online

Syrian blogs are abuzz at the moment with another crack down on freedom of speech by the Syrian regime. Except, this time it’s one of our own. Tariq’s case took around six months to catch the attention of bloggers - six months he’s still languishing in jail.
Tariq Baiasi, was surfing the […]

Reposted from Egyptian Chronicles
If there is Fouad in Saudi Arabia ,there is Tarek in Syria , both are young bloggers who are detained , the only difference is that Fouad was arrested in December 2007 where as Tarek was arrested since July 2007 , yes since July 2007 till now February 2008.
Tarek Biassi was […]

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.]
More…
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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]