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Damascus cracks down on journalists reporting on crisis

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From Tunisia to Egypt, Libya to Yemen, journalists from all over the world covered the Arab revolutions. But that's not the case in Syria. Damascus violently suppresses journalists and many Syrians and foreign journalists are currently in custody. The only information filtering out is amateur and opposition footage that is sent via the internet.

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reponse a anonyme

by Anonyme - 24/05/2011 - 23:00

C'est bien de donner des lecons a France 24, encore faudrait-il vous demander pourquoi le gouvernement syrien interdit aux reporters l'acces a son territoire et pourquoi il emprisonne les reporters et les maltraite (voir temoignage du reporter algerien sur France 2 battu et emprisonne pendant 23 jours dans une cellule de 2mx3m sous la terre... Bien sur tout cela n'est que mensonge et inventions

La Syrie

by Anonyme - 07/05/2011 - 11:54

Il est notoire qu'a chaque fin de mois vous émargez aux caisses occultes des Salafistes, Frères Musulmans et autres Wahabistes pour le venin quotidien distillé vos antennes. Vos informations souvent basées sur des films pris avec des téléphones sont distribués par vous sans avoir subi une vérification quelconque. A titre d'exemple vos commensaux syriens qui se disent activites vous font parvenir des documents avec leurs commentaires personnels... Vous les diffusez sdans avoir pris la peine de les avoir vérifié. Combien de fois les fils diffusés par vos intentions innocentes montrent des manifs soit disant a Homs, Hamas ou ailleurs alors qu'en fait il s'agit toujours des mêmes évenements de Deraa que vous montrez presque "en boucle".'
. Pour que d'une ville ne orenez même pas la peine d'y amener une verification quelconque... Vosyriens qutre venin quotidien sur vos antennes.

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