BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:27012@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Press freedom in Post-Assad Syria DTSTAMP:20260902T032711Z DTSTART:20260923T170000Z DESCRIPTION:How do you build a free press after more than 50 years of dicta torship?\n\nOn the 8th of December 2024 the Assad-regime fell after more t han 50 years of\ndictatorship. The country suddenly opened up\, for both l ocal and foreign\njournalists\, to finally report on what has and is happe ning in the country. But\nthis doesn’t mean press freedom is automatically achieved. How do you build a\nhealthy journalist sector after decades of repression? What are the challenges?\nAnd how can we help journalists in S yria in their pursuit of a free press?\n\nA free press and a healthy journ alistic sector are essential for building\ndemocracy. Our panelists will d iscuss the state of journalism in Syria today\,\nand how the journalist se ctor can move towards more freedom of press. What is\nthe effect of decade s of repression on the formal training of journalists? Which\nlaws created during the Assad-era are still in place? How do journalists\nnavigate the se challenges\, and how to deal with the new government? And how can\nwe c reate cross-border networks to help each other?\n\nIn this programme: Muta sim Khalaf is a Syrian-Palestinian writer and journalist\nliving in Damasc us\, the co-founder of The Independent Journalists’ Syndicate in\nSyria (S IJ) and the editor-in-chief of the Syrian-Palestian platform Miftah.\nMana r Shourbaji is a Syrian journalist living in Beirut\, the co-founder of Th e\nIndependent Journalists’ Syndicate in Syria (SIJ)\, and works as a repo rter for\nthe Lebanese platform Megaphone. Mais Katt is an award-winning S yrian\ninvestigative journalist and trainer living in Haarlem\, and is the \neditor-in-chief of the network Women Who Won the War. She has extensive\ nexperience in covering the war in Syria\, and focuses now on training jou rnalists\nin Syria. Lees meer Syria: the forbidden witnesses of the Assad regime\n\nBased on documents and exclusive first-hand accounts\, “Syria: t he forbidden\nwitnesses of the Assad regime” delves into the heart of the control\, terror and\nelimination of independent journalism critical of th e regime that characterised\nthe methodical violence inflicted on those wh ose job it was to document the\nreality of life in Syria.\n\n[https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=jCA0ZI7dsgg] URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/press-freedom-in-post-assad-syria GEO:52.376857;4.9220756 LOCATION:Pakhuis de Zwijger - Piet Heinkade 179\, 1019 HC Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,democracy,eastern docklands X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:How do you build a free press after more than 50 years of dictatorship?

On the 8th of December 2024 the Assad-regime fell after more than 50 years of dictatorship. The country suddenly opened up, for both local and foreign journalists, to finally report on what has and is happening in the country. But this doesn’t mean press freedom is a utomatically achieved. How do you build a healthy journalist sector after decades of repression? What are the challenges? And how can we help journa lists in Syria in their pursuit of a free press?

A free press and a healthy journalistic sector are essential for building democracy. Our p anelists will discuss the state of journalism in Syria today, and how the journalist sector can move towards more freedom of press. What is the effe ct of decades of repression on the formal training of journalists? Which l aws created during the Assad-era are still in place? How do journalists na vigate these challenges, and how to deal with the new government? And how can we create cross-border networks to help each other?

In t his programme: Mutasim Khalaf is a Syrian-Palest inian writer and journalist living in Damascus, the co-founder of The Inde pendent Journalists’ Syndicate in Syria (SIJ) and the editor-in-chief of t he Syrian-Palestian platform Miftah. Manar Shourbaji is a Syrian journalist living in Beirut, the co-founder of The Independent Jou rnalists’ Syndicate in Syria (SIJ), and works as a reporter for the Lebane se platform Megaphone. Mais Katt is an award-winning Syri an investigative journalist and trainer living in Haarlem, and is the edit or-in-chief of the network Women Who Won the War. She has extensive experi ence in covering the war in Syria, and focuses now on training journalists in Syria. Lees meer Syria: the forbidden witnesses of the Assad regime < p>Based on documents and exclusive first-hand accounts, “Syria: the forbid den witnesses of the Assad regime” delves into the heart of the control, t error and elimination of independent journalism critical of the regime tha t characterised the methodical violence inflicted on those whose job it wa s to document the reality of life in Syria.

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