Eva Galperin/CPJ Guest Blogger

Eva Galperin is international freedom of expression coordinator for the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Features & Analysis
Journalists covering the Syrian uprising have been targeted with government surveillance, hacking, and malware. (AP/Bassem Tellawi)

Don’t get your sources in Syria killed

Because foreign journalists have been virtually banned from Syria during the uprising against Bashar al-Assad’s regime, news coverage has relied heavily on citizen journalists and international reporters working with sources inside the country. Syrians who communicate with foreign news media run the risk of being threatened, detained, tortured, or even killed.

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