Faisal Allush
Imprisoned: 1985
Allush, a journalist and political writer who has been in jail since 1985, was sentenced in June 1993 to 15 years’ imprisonment for membership in the banned Party for Communist Action.Anwar Bader, Syrian Radio and Television
Bader, a reporter for Syrian Radio and Television, who has been in jail since his arrest by the Military Interrogation Branch in December 1986, was convicted in March 1994 of being a member in the Party for Communist Action. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison.Samir al-Hassan, Fatah al-Intifada
Al-Hassan, Palestinian editor of Fatah al-Intifada, who has been in jail since his arrest in April 1986, was convicted in June 1994 of being a member of the Party for Communist Action. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.Jadi Nawfal, Free-lancer
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Nawfal, a free-lance journalist, was arrested on Dec. 18, 1991, and sentenced the following March to five years in prison for belonging to The Committees for the Defense of Democratic Freedoms and Human Rights in Syria.Salama George Kila
Political Security officers arrested Kila, a Palestinian writer and journalist, in Damascus. His trial began in the summer of 1993. The court ruled that he was guilty of a misdemeanor rather than a felony. Since the maximum sentence for a misdemeanor is three years, his release was expected in March 1995. But he remains in prison.Nizar Nayouf, Free-lancer
Nayouf, a free-lance journalist who has contributed to Al-Huriyya and Al-Thaqafa al-Ma’arifa, was arrested in Damascus with several human rights activists from The Committees for the Defense of Democratic Freedoms and Human Rights in Syria. In March, he was sentenced by the State Security Court to 10 years in prison for “disseminating false information and receiving money from abroad.” He was severely tortured during his interrogation. He now remains in solitary confinement in Mezze military prison.appeals to:
Hamadi Jebali, Al-Fajr
Imprisoned: January 1991
Jebali, editor of Al-Fajr, the weekly newspaper of the banned Islamist Al-Nahda party, has been in jail since January 1991, when he was sentenced to one year in prison after Al-Fajr published an article calling for the abolition of military courts in Tunisia. On Aug. 28, 1992, he was sentenced to 16 years in prison by the military court in Bouchoucha. He was tried along with 170 others accused of belonging to Al-Nahda. Jebali was convicted of “aggression with the intention of changing the nature of the state” and “membership in an illegal organization.” During his testimony, Jebali denied the charges against him and displayed evidence that he had been tortured while in custody. International human rights groups monitoring the mass trial concluded that it fell far below international standards of justice.Abdellah Zouari, Al-Fajr
Zouari, a contributor to Al-Fajr, the weekly newspaper of the banned Islamist Al-Nahda party, has been in jail since February 1991, when he was charged with “association with an unrecognized organization.” On Aug. 28, 1992, he was sentenced to 11 years in prison by the military court in Bouchoucha. He was tried along with 170 others accused of belonging to Al-Nahda. International human rights groups monitoring the trial concluded that it fell far short of international standards of justice.appeals to: