Razan Zeytune ( Arabic: رزان زيتونة ; April 29, 1977 ) is a Syrian human rights activist and civic activist . She took part in the Syrian uprising , but was forced to go underground after the Syrian government declared her a foreign agent [1] and her husband was arrested [2] .
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Biography
Having received her law degree in 1999, in 2001 Razan Zeytune began working as a lawyer. Since 2001, she has been a member of a team of lawyers defending the rights of political prisoners. Then Zeytune became one of the founders of the Human Rights Association in Syria (HRAS). In 2005, Razan Zeytun founded the Syrian Human Rights Information Channel (SHRIL), through which she continued to report human rights violations in Syria . Since the same year, Razan Zeytune has been an active member of the Committee for the Support of Families of Political Prisoners in Syria.
On October 27, 2011, she was awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, sharing it with four other Arab representatives [3] . Previously, she also received the Anna Politkovskaya Prize [4] . In 2013, Razan Zeytune won the US Secretary of State's International Prize for Women’s Courage [5] .
In December 2013, Syrian opposition sites reported that Zeytun was abducted with her husband Vail Hamad and two of her colleagues (Samira Khalil and Nazem Hammadi) in the opposition-held city of Duma , north of Damascus [6] [7] [8] . Their whereabouts and the identity of the abductors have not yet been established; it is assumed that the responsibility for the abduction lies with the Islamic Salafist rebel group, the Army of Islam [9] .
Notes
- ↑ Syrian Activist In Hiding: 'If We Didn't Believe We Will Win, We Couldn't Bear All This' . Radio Liberty (October 7, 2011). Date of treatment October 27, 2011.
- ↑ Beaumont, Peter . Syria's defiant women risk all to protest against President Bashar al-Assad , The Guardian (May 21, 2011). Date of treatment June 2, 2017.
- ↑ Three finalists for Sakharov Prize 2011 honoring human rights activists . European Parliament . Date of treatment June 2, 2017. Archived October 23, 2011.
- ↑ Razan Zaitouneh (Syria): Winner of the 2011 Anna Politkovskaya Award . Reach All Women in War . Date of treatment June 2, 2017. Archived November 13, 2011.
- ↑ Dissident Tibetan Writer Wins The US Government 2013 International Women of Courage Award . VOA . Date of treatment June 2, 2017.
- ↑ اختطاف الناشطة رزان زيتونه في دوما بريف دمشق (ar.) . DayPress (December 10, 2013). Date of treatment March 19, 2019. Archived December 9, 2018.
- ↑ Human Rights advocate Razan Zaitouneh kidnapped near Damascus
- ↑ Syrian opposition activist Razan Zaitouneh kidnapped at gunpoint . Financial times . Date of treatment June 2, 2017.
- ↑ Pizzi, Michael The Syrian Opposition Is Disappearing From Facebook The Atlantic . Date of treatment June 2, 2017.