U.S. Broadcast Board Of Governors To Syria: Release Journalists
August 28, 2012
The Broadcast Board of Governors is calling on Syria to release immediately two captured journalists who work for one of its television stations. Bashar Fahmi and cameraman Cuneyt Unal work for Springfield, Va.-based Alhurra TV. They had been covering the violence in Aleppo when they disappeared Aug. 20. The board of governors says Syrian television broadcast a video of Unal describing himself as part of an international militant force. The board added that the Turkish foreign minister says Unal was forced to make the statement, which was dictated to him.
U.S. Broadcast Board Of Governors To Syria: Release Journalists