Nawfal, a free-lance journalist, was arrested on Dec. 18, 1991, and sentenced the following March to five years in prison for belonging to Committees for the Defense of DemocraticFreedoms and Human Rights in Syria. Share this: Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email