"The News Lied About Everything – Even the Weather" - Civil Rights Defenders

"The News Lied About Everything – Even the Weather" - Civil Rights Defenders

Yara Bader, Syrian journalist, human rights defender, and Programmes Manager at SCM. Photo: Fredrik Stedtjer “There was a lack of information. We used to joke that the news lied about everything, even the weather. It could be raining, and they’d still say it was sunny.” – Yara Bader As a young journalist working under one of the world’s most repressive regimes, Yara Bader learned early how dangerous it was to speak openly. The Assad regime had …