Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression
3 rue de Gembloux - 54500 VANDOEUVRE-LES-NANCY
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France
- Democracy and community development
- Gender
- Human rights
- International/Cultural relations
- Media
- Research
- Youth and education
The center rises from the fact that the freedom of expression and belief are the base in which the free societies and democracy are built on. In addition, according to the media rule in forming the public opinion and spreading the culture and awareness of freedom of opinion and expression and the human rights, the center aims to connect the media with development to reach the development media that contributes in forming the culture of the society. In addition, reproducing the inherited and civilized culture of societies, that matches the spirit of the current era and qualifies the society individuals to be a part of the Entity of the international society in its wide meaning. The Center works for:
Center’s Activities in /2007/ 2008
1- On 03/05/2007 the center released a report about the situation of media and freedom of expression in Syria during /2006/ in collaboration with UNISCO and the International Organization of Exchanging Information about the Freedom of Expression.
2- On 15/03/2007 the center operated the children movies program, and produced two films by children, one was about burning the Danish embassy in Damascus after the caricature cartoons, and the other was about Child Labor.
3- On 25/05/2007 the center released a report about media performance during the legislative Syrian elections, in collaboration with the International Organization of Media Support.
4- Honoring celebration for (BLACK & WHITE) private magazine, as the best informatory coverage for the legislative Syrian elections.
5- The project of Visual Documentation of the legislative Syrian elections.
6- From 24/08/2007 → 08/09/2007 the center participated in the process of training and observing the performance of Moroccan media during the legislative Moroccan elections, in collaboration with the International Organization of Media Support.
7- The center is taking over defending a group of journalists against the Syrian courts, like the journalists; Rashed Al-Issa, Subhan Al-Sawah and Mazen Darwish, and so many others.
8- Establishing /4/ training courses regarding the issues of freedom of expression and media, information security and civil society.
9- A workshop (Gathering and the Youth of Tomorrow) in collaboration with the monastery of Mar Moses Al-Habashi in the countryside of Damascus.
10- Cleaning Barada River campaign in collaboration with JICA and the Syrian Red Crescent.
11- A study about inhabitation rights in Syria during /2006/.
12- The center participated in the process of training and observing the performance of Jordanian media during the legislative Jordanian elections, in collaboration with the International Organization of Media Support and a group of Jordanian organizations.
13- From 27/11/2007 → 29/11/2007 Establishing a training course for the Syrian journalists in collaboration with the International Institution of Collaboration and Help.
14- On 10/12/2007 the center established a study about the performance of the Syrian media during the presidential questionnaire in collaboration with the Euro- Mediterranean network for human rights.
15- The Annual Report (State of Media & Freedom of Expression 2007).
16- The program (We Love Life) in collaboration with (Dar Kuraish) for orphans.
17- Support box for the families of opinion arrested in Syria.