Luna Safwan

Luna Safwan has worked on journalist assistance at CPJ since 2024. She is a former journalist, holistic safety trainer, and risk assessment expert. She previously worked as a safety trainer with IREX, Free Press Unlimited, and other international organizations. In 2013, she won the Samir Kassir Award for press freedom.

Features & Analysis
Syrian journalist Tal al-Mallohi was arrested in 2009; she was freed after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad in December 2024. (Photo: Tal al-Mallohi)

‘Nightmares’: Syrian journalist Tal al-Mallohi on surviving 15 years in Assad’s jails

When Syria’s Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power last December, Syrian journalist Tal al-Mallohi was among the thousands who poured out of the country’s jails. Mallohi was 18 when security police detained her in 2009 after posting on the then-popular Blogger platform poems and articles about Palestinian rights and other political issues. She spent 15…

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