According to the information we have received, two of journalist Nizar Nayyouf’s brothers, Amjad and Mamdouh Nayyouf, who worked as teachers, were dismissed from their positions after refusing to condemn their brother’s critical statements about the Syrian government. We understand that the decision to dismiss Amjad emanated from Prime Minister Mustafa Meerow’s office. Another brother, […]

His Excellency Bashar al-Assad President of Syria Presidential Palace Damascus Arab Republic of Syria Vienna, 8 November 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the harassment of journalist Nizar Nayyouf’s relatives by the authorities and members of the governing party, al-Ba’ath, in […]

His Excellency Bashar al-Assad President of Syria Presidential Palace Damascus Arab Republic of Syria Vienna, 21 June 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, condemns in the strongest possible terms the abduction of Nizar Nayyouf, a journalist and human rights activist, by Syrian intelligence agents on […]

His Excellency Bashar al-Assad President of Syria Presidential Palace Damascus Arab Republic of Syria Vienna, 24 April 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) is deeply concerned about the fate of Nizar Nayyouf, a journalist and human rights activist, who is near death in a Damascus military prison after going on a renewed hunger […]