Free Tariq

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 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 […]

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 […]