The Syrian General Organization for Radio and Television announced today, Thursday, the establishment of a conference to launch the Arab Press Freedom Committee, tomorrow, Friday, with the participation of Iraq and delegations from Arab countries.
The head of the public relations department at the organization, Sultan Abdul Karim, stated in a press statement to the news agency that the Syrian Journalists Union has invited journalists’ syndicates from Arab countries, foremost among them the Arab Journalists Union, to participate in the conference.
He added that the Iraqi Journalists’ Union head, Muayyad Al-Lami, arrived in Syria to participate in the conference’s activities, which he described as the first of its kind hosted in Syrian territory after the liberation.
He noted that the conference will witness the participation of about 18 Arab delegations, along with the Arab Journalists Union, and will be officially attended by the Syrian Minister of Information and several Syrian journalists to participate in the launch of the special report on press freedoms.
Abdul Karim emphasized that the conference represents an important step in the Syrian media landscape, pointing to what he described as the progress in the level of press freedoms in Syria and its reflections on the reality of media work.