Missing in Syria: German Journalist Michelmann to Be Detained in Aleppo

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Missed for three months, now a sign of life: journalist Eva Maria Michelmann could be imprisoned in a prison in Aleppo. Her family calls on the Federal Foreign Office to obtain the release as soon as possible.

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Life Signs: The journalist Eva Maria Michelmann, who has disappeared since January, is probably in a prison in Aleppo. This is reported by her lawyer Frank Jasenski on the basis of eyewitnesses of the dpa. Freed prisoners recognized a Kurdish colleague of Michelmann in the prison. Syrian security forces had arrested the man at the same time as her. The Federal Foreign Office is currently evaluating the evidence. The German embassies in Beirut an…