1. Dr Razan Ghazzawi, is a Syrian-Palestinian blogger, campaigner, teacher, and activist, originally from Homs in Syria and Gaza in Palestine.
11 Facts About Razan Ghazzawi
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Razan Ghazzawi has been highly involved as a dissident since they started blogging in 2005, and weaponized their blogging to disseminate information about Syrian regime human rights violations following the 2011 Syrian Uprising.
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Razan Ghazzawi was called "iconic blogger and leading activist" by The Telegraph.
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Razan Ghazzawi received their diploma in English literature from Damascus University in 2003.
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Razan Ghazzawi became the Media Officer in the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression in the Arab World.
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Razan Ghazzawi was arrested by Syrian authorities on 30 November 2011 while on their way to attend a conference on press freedom in Jordan.
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Razan Ghazzawi is one of few Syrian-Palestinian bloggers in Syria who write under their real names, even after their arrest.
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Razan Ghazzawi was again arrested on 16 February 2012, during a raid on the offices of the Syrian Center for Freedom of Expression in Damascus, due to their activist works.
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Razan Ghazzawi was arrested along with thirteen of their colleagues, including the Head of the Center, Mazen Darwish, and his wife Yara Bader.
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Razan Ghazzawi were ordered to report to the police on a daily basis in order to pursue their interrogation.
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Razan Ghazzawi Gazzawi was honored with the 2012's Human Rights Defenders at Risk award by the Dublin-based Front Line Defenders foundation on 8 June 2012.