Mazen Darwish
Lawyer and free speech advocate, Syria
Mazen Darwish is a lawyer and journalist who defends freedom of the press in Syria. For the past 10 years, he has been speaking up for the Syrian cause and about torture, detention conditions and the plight of civilians caught up in a war zone. In 2012, he was incarcerated multiple times for delivering information about the Syrian conflict to Arab and foreign news outlets. He received the Pen Pinter Prize, World Press Freedom Hero, honored with UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, President of Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression, and Founder of Syria View newspaper. Mazen continues to relentlessly stand up for freedom of expression for all future generations in Syria.
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