Published on : 07/09/2022 – 18:37
Syrian journalist Hussam Hammoud, who has collaborated with several French media, including France 24, was refused a humanitarian visa by France.
A Syrian journalist who has worked for several years with French media, including Radio France, Mediapart and France 24, Hussam Hammoud was notified on Monday, September 5, of France’s refusal to grant him a humanitarian visa.
The life of this journalist, who works on crucial subjects, such as terrorism and who fled Raqqa in emergency, in October 2019, following the withdrawal of the international coalition from this area, is now threatened in Turkey and Syria. Several journalists’ unions and companies, including the SDJ of France 24, are asking the French authorities to reconsider their decision.
Destroying someone life and dreams is so easy by someone who has everything!
Today my asylum request to #France was rejected without any explanations. Idk what I might provide more than all the investigations I’ve worked on for the biggest French media agencies.
Thanks for nothing!!— Hussam Hammoud (@HussamHamoud) September 5, 2022
“France cannot remain silent and indifferent to its fate, when it has the power to act and protect a journalist who risked his life to inform our fellow citizens, and who today is more than ever threatened in because of the profession he exercises”, says the press release from the companies of signatory journalists.
Tribune: Syrian journalist Hussam Hammoud must be protected.
Hussam Hammoud learned on Monday 5 September that his request for a humanitarian visa had been refused by France (…) Unions and journalists’ associations are waiting for the authorities to reconsider their decision. pic.twitter.com/KEMyVrP5FB– The SDJ of France 24 (@SDJ_France24) September 7, 2022
