19 September 2009

Stories from 19 September 2009

Syria: Blogger Kareem Arbaji Sentenced to Three Years in prison

  19 September 2009

On September 13, 2009, the Syrian State Security Supreme Court sentenced the young blogger Kareem Arbaji to three-years prison for “publishing mendacious information liable to weaken the nation’s morale,” under article #286 of the Syrian penal code. The thirty- one years old economics graduate, Kareem Arbaji, has been detained for...