Syrian Center for Media and Free Expression joins IPI
(World News Austria)

The International Press Institute (IPI) is pleased to welcome the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM), an NGO dedicated to protecting media freedom and supporting journalists` rights in Syria, as an institutional member. SCM was founded in 2004 by renowned Syrian journalist and human rights defender Mazen Darwish and regularly reported on free speech violations and journalists` working conditions, collecting and publicising the disappearances of journalists and bloggers until Feb. 2012, when Syrian intelligence agents raided the...