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December 12, 2013

Prominent Lawyer, Activist Missing in Syria 
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A prominent Syrian lawyer, human rights activist and leader of the
anti-government protest movement has been reported missing in a
rebel-controlled Damascus suburb. Razan Zaitouneh disappeared from her
apartment, along with her husband and two other activists, after
receiving threats from Islamist groups. Following the chemical attack in
Ghouta earlier this year, Zaitouneh appeared on Democracy Now! to
describe the carnage.

Razan Zaitouneh: "We started to visit the medical points in Ghouta to
where injured were removed, and we couldn’t believe our eyes. I
haven’t seen such death in my whole life. People were lying on the
ground in hallways, on roadsides, in hundreds. There haven’t been
enough medical staff to treat them."

Witnesses say Zaitouneh's apartment was found ransacked, with laptops
and other belongings removed.

 

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