MIGRASYL

News on migration and asylum from around the region - Nouvelles de la région sur les questions de migration et d'asile

Friday, May 01, 2009

[Syria] Front Line: Travel Ban on Activists in Syria

This is a summary of a study conducted by Mazen Darwish from the Syrian Centre for Media & Freedom of Expression. The study lists the names of more than 400 activists from different parts of Syria who are subject to travel bans, among them 101 human rights defenders, 75 of whom have been identified as members of 12 different human rights groups, including 20 women. The study sheds light on travel bans in relation to the Syrian constitution and law and in relation to the political climate since 1976.

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