History

SCM Timeline:

– 2004:

– 2005:

– 2006:

Publishing “The Status of Media and freedom of expression in Syria” report
Launching the e-newspaper “Syrian Scene”
Producing “Syria Time” film (two parts)
Publishing “The right to live” study
Closing SCM office in Baghdad St. (Damascus) and blocking the “Syrian Scene” e-newspaper

– 2007:

Re-opening SCM’s office in Mazzeh-Damascus
“Observing the Syrian media performance during the parliamentary elections” Report
“Observing the Syrian media performance during the presidential elections” Report
Accrediting SCM’s methodology in observing quantative and qualitative content of media websites by Mimo98 foundation
“Black and White” magazine award
“A year of an iron sensorship” Report
Lawsuit against Israel in regard to the Syrian journalist “Ata Farahat” case
“Saving what can be saved” Campaign
SCM is elected by (IFIAS) to run their programs in the middle east and Turkey
“Cultural assemblage” and “Youth of tomorrow” programs, Saint Moses monastery, pere Paulo
“Media law amendment” Campaign

– 2008:

Launching a campaign against media censorship
Banning “Markets and Stocks” awards festival
Newroz day festivity
Adopting Kurdish language as an official language at SCM
Organizing a visit for “reporters without borders” to Syria (prevented at the borders)
Banning “International day of freedom of expression” festivity
Publishing “Taming the internet” Study
SCM president and CEO arrested and judged by the military judiciary
Producing a film on Child labor
Producing a film on extremism and

– 2009:

– 2010:

– 2011:

– 2012:

– 2013:

SCM office in Douma is raided, colleagues “Razan Zaitouneh, Nazem Hammadi, Wael Hmadeh and Samira Al-khalil are arrested
Two SCM members released
A campaign to release the rest of SCM detained members
SCM membership in FIDH
UN General Assembly demanding the release of SCM members in decision no. 262/67

– 2014:

A campaign to release SCM detained members
Decision no.43/2013 is issued by the special UN working team (16/01/2014) stating that SCM members were arbitrarily arrested
Contributing to the comprehensive periodic review of 2011 and approving SCM as a reference to the final report (approved in 05/10/2011)
Distributing more than 2500 different book titles in “Damascus Dinner” in order to support reading and improving the education levels
“Violations against journalists and citizen journalists who worked in Syria since 2011 till 2014 from the international humanitarian law perspective” Study
UN Security council adopts decision no. 2139 which demanded the release of all arbitrarily detained people, including SCM members

– 2015:

A campaign to release SCM detained members
Three SCM members released
Renewing the consultancy membership at EECHR
Contributing to UN security council decision no. 2222
Attending the security council meeting 7450, 27/06/2015, New York
Supporting the initiative to build a school for Syrian refugee children in Bekaa vally, Lebanon 2014-2015

– 2016:

– 2017: