The Samir Kassir Eyes Center for Media and Cultural Freedom condemned November violations against free speech in Syria and Lebanon in its monthly report issued Monday.
The organization said that in Lebanon Future News cameraman Mahmoud Badran was harassed on November 1, while an Al-Arabiya reporting crew was detained for three hours on November 19.
The organization also cited General Security’s censoring of a scene in the movie Rue Huvelin before its screening on November 17.
SKeyes also cited several violations in Syria, where the regime has violently cracked down on pro-democracy movements since mid-March and killed over 4,000 people.
According to the organization’s report, Syrian forces “murdered photographer Farzat Jerban and threw his body on the side of the highway, after severely torturing him and ripping out his eyes.”
The report added that “Syrian authorities arrested the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) bureau chief in Deir az-Zour, Alaa Al-Khodor, after his resignation in protest over the regime's actions towards civilians.”
SKeyes also said that Syrian forces raided a gallery in Soueida and burned the books and damaged artwork stored inside.
“The disappearance of Syrian directors Nidal Hassan [on November 3] and Firas Fayad [on November 30] in mysterious circumstances in Damascus features prominently in the long list of violations perpetrated in Syria.”
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