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 […]

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 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 […]