This is a summary of a study conducted by Mazen Darwish from the Syrian Centre for Media & Freedom of Expression. The study lists the names of more than 400 activists from different parts of Syria who are subject to travel bans, among them 101 human rights defenders, 75 of whom have been identified as members of 12 different human rights groups, including 20 women. The study sheds light on travel bans in relation to the Syrian constitution and law and in relation to the political climate since 1976.

Further Information

Front Line, the International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, considers travel bans as a major obstacle to the work of human rights defenders and has raised many cases of such a nature in Syria. We are very pleased to be able to publish an English summary of the report in order to try and gain greater attention for this important issue.

For more information please contact:

Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, Front Line, Middle East Protection Coordinator, Abdulhadi@frontlinedefenders.org

To read the full text of the Executive Summary please see the attached PDF