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Nizar Nayyouf
Syrian journalist · Syria · On the map · Journalists · Born 1962 · age 64
Nizar Nayyouf is a Syrian journalist, human rights activist, and dissident. He was one of the founding members of the Committee for the Defence of Democratic Freedom, a banned political organization in Syria, as well as editor-in-chief of صوت الديمقراطيِّة Sawt al-Democratiyya.
Nizar Nayyouf is read about 7.5 times a day, in 7 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 10 July 2026
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2000International Press Institute World Press Freedom HeroesAwardUNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom PrizeAwardWorld Association of Newspapers' Golden Pen of Freedom AwardAward1998Reporters Without Borders PrizeAward1993PEN Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write AwardAward1962Born29 May 1962
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About this person
He has criticized the Syrian government for human rights abuses, for which he was arrested and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in 1991, most of which he spent in Mezzeh prison outside Damascus.
Country
Syria
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1962 · age 64
