{"id":133046,"date":"2025-12-09T09:01:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T09:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=133046"},"modified":"2025-12-09T09:01:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T09:01:46","slug":"syria-still-worlds-worst-for-missing-journalists-after-upheaval-rsf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/133046\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria still world\u2019s worst for missing journalists after upheaval \u2013 RSF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Tuesday that Syria remains the world\u2019s most dangerous country for journalists, with 37 media workers still missing one year after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a new <a href=\"https:\/\/rsf.org\/en\/2025-deadly-year-journalists-where-hate-and-impunity-lead\">report<\/a>, RSF announced that many of the missing were abducted or detained before Assad\u2019s ouster in December 2024, and that the collapse of his security apparatus has not resulted in new information about their fate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some were imprisoned by Assad\u2019s intelligence branches, while others were taken hostage by the Islamic State group (ISIS) at the height of its territorial control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report also highlighted the role of elements of the jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which consolidated its power following the regime\u2019s collapse. RSF said HTS continues to hold several journalists and called for their \u201cimmediate and unconditional\u201d release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite major political shifts over the past year, the RSF warned that families of missing media workers remain without answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Syria now accounts for more than a quarter of the world\u2019s missing journalists, reflecting what RSF described as the \u201clong-term and institutionalized nature of enforced disappearances\u201d across successive armed actors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report urged Syrian authorities, local armed groups, and international stakeholders to prioritize the uncovering of mass graves, prison archives, and detention sites linked to past and present factions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RSF said truth and accountability for missing journalists are essential to any genuine transition toward transparency and justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Jwan Shekaki<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Tuesday that Syria remains the world\u2019s most dangerous country for journalists, with 37 media workers still missing one year after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime. 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