Syrian news reporter at risk of torture

Index Number: MDE 24/043/2011
Date Published: 22 August 2011
Categories: Syria

‘Adel Walid Kharsa, a 25-year-old news reporter from Hama, Syria, has been held incommunicado since his arrest on 17 August from the house in which he was hiding. Amnesty International believes he is at risk of torture and ill-treatment.