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🚨 The bigger your platform and your access to resources, the bigger your responsibility. When due process is denied, silence is complicity. Campaigning for due process is not optional. It is a must.
African American journalist @BilalKareem has been detained in Syria since 22 December 2025, with no formal charge, no trial and no access to a lawyer.
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🚨 IMPORTANT MEDIA NOTICE: REPRESENTING BILAL’S VOICE ACCURATELY
For journalists, media outlets or anyone wanting to speak to those representing @BilalKareem’s voice, please contact the Justice for Bilal Abdul Kareem campaign:
📧 [email protected]
We are Bilal’s loyal friends, standing publicly for his rights and consistently speaking out on his behalf. To help ensure Bilal’s voice is represented accurately and not misrepresented, we ask that media enquiries come through the Justice for Bilal Abdul Kareem campaign.
You are also very welcome to interview @YvonneRidley, a friend of Bilal's who is working with us to represent his voice and keep his case in the public eye.
Friendship is not only what we say privately when someone is suffering. It is what we are prepared to do when they need us most.
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@shaunking, do you think that if African American journalist @BilalKareem weren’t Black, there might be more support for this campaign for Bilal Abdul Kareem’s voice and rights?
He has now been detained in Syria for 271 days without charge or trial and without access to a lawyer. He deserves due process. Everyone does.
It’s a difficult but important question to ask. We can’t help but wonder whether race has played a part in how much attention and support his ordeal has received.
Please take a moment to read about Bilal Abdul Kareem’s story at the link below. We hope you will help advocate for Bilal Abdul Kareem’s rights by amplifying his story and helping to make sure his voice is heard. Due process matters.
Bilal’s story: https://t.co/bA9eOXE9Yd
Please sign and share the petition: https://t.co/aT3D4C3jMk
Thank you.
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🔴 NEWS BULLETIN | 3 SEPTEMBER 2026 | BILAL ABDUL KAREEM GRANTED ANOTHER PRISON VISIT TODAY
Today marks 255 days in detention for African American journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem, who was taken into custody in Syria on 22 December 2025.
Initially, his location was unknown to his family.
📍No formal charge.
📍No trial.
📍No opportunity to have his voice heard before a judge.
Another prison visit is not the homecoming his family is waiting for. They do not want to see him behind bars. They want to see him home, where he belongs.
How long can this continue?
If @BilalKareem has committed a crime, formally charge him. Bring him before a judge. Give him the opportunity to speak and to have his voice heard.
Otherwise, let the prison doors open.
Let the waiting end. And let Bilal go home to his family.
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🔴 إعلان مهم
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🟢 كم شخصًا آخر يجب أن يعود إلى أهله في كيس جثمان قبل أن يطالب العالم بمحاسبة المسؤولين عن التعذيب وسوء المعاملة والوفيات أثناء الاحتجاز لدى السلطات السورية الحالية؟
لكل شخص محتجز الحق في السلامة والكرامة والحماية من الانتهاكات.
الصمت ليس خيارًا.
🟢 كم شخصًا آخر يجب أن يعود إلى أهله في كيس جثمان قبل أن يطالب العالم بمحاسبة المسؤولين عن التعذيب وسوء المعاملة والوفيات أثناء الاحتجاز لدى السلطات السورية الحالية؟
لكل شخص محتجز الحق في السلامة والكرامة والحماية من الانتهاكات.
الصمت ليس خيارًا.
🔴 Former Syrian Grand Mufti Ahmad Hassoun, who served under Bashar al-Assad, has appeared before a court.
Meanwhile, African American journalist @BilalKareem has been detained for 228 days today without access to a lawyer, without a publicly disclosed formal charge and with no trial.
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@yvonneridley "We need to really push for Bilal. A journalist I'm proud to call my friend and colleague. And there are many journalists out there who can say the same including from Sky News & CNN. He has always been generous with his help and contacts."
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🔴 When Allah knows your sincerity, the hatred of people loses its weight.
📍Read 👉 @BilalKareem's Story: https://t.co/dN6qXWKFdi
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🔴 Shay���ān knows the strength of believers working together, so he strives to separate them. Do not give him what he seeks.
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🔴 Shayṭān knows the strength of believers working together, so he strives to separate them. Do not give him what he seeks.
Read 👉 @BilalKareem's Story: https://t.co/bA9eOXE9Yd
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🔴 @BilalKareem WAS GRANTED A PRISON VISIT
👉 Bilal Abdul Kareem's Story: https://t.co/dN6qXWKFdi
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🔴 In 2016 Bilal's car was hit by a US drone strike.
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👉 Bilal Abdul Kareem's Story: https://t.co/dN6qXWKFdi
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🔴 In 2016 @BilalKareem's car was hit by a US drone strike.
📍He filed a case against the US government to find out whether he was on a "Kill List".
📍His case was dismissed as a district court accepted that the governnent could avoid disclosing whether they tried to kill him or not in order to avoid revealing state secrets.
📍In his appeal, which was aired live, a US judge appeared to be shocked at the US government believing they had the right to execute a US citizen without them having recourse to justice.
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👉 Bilal Abdul Kareem's Story: https://t.co/bA9eOXE9Yd
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🔴 Bilal And Beyond | English Below: بلال وما بعده
أمضى بلال عبد الكريم سنوات وهو يوثّق قصص الأشخاص الذين تعرّضوا للاعتقال التعسفي. واليوم، أصبح هو نفسه واحدًا منهم.
قضية بلال ليست حالةً معزولة. فما زال هناك رجالٌ محتجزون في سوريا دون توجيه تهم أو محاكمة، بينما تعيش عائلاتهم في انتظار الإجابات.
إلى عائلات من لا يزالون رهن الاحتجاز: لم ولن ننساكم.
وبينما نواصل المطالبة بحرية بلال عبد الكريم، نريد أيضًا أن نسلّط الضوء على آخرين تستحق قضاياهم أن تُعرَف. حياتهم مهمة، وأصواتهم مهمة.
إذا كنتم ترغبون في مشاركة قصة أحد أفراد عائلتكم، فإننا ندعوكم لإرسال أي معلومات تودون أن يعرفها الناس عن قضيته.
لا يوجد أي ضغط عليكم للتقدّم أو مشاركة قصتكم.
وإذا رغبتم في المشاركة، يُرجى إرسال المعلومات بشكل آمن عبر تطبيق تيليغرام إلى اسم المستخدم: @OGNreporting.
معًا، نستطيع أن نذكّر العالم بأن العدالة ليست لبلال عبد الكريم وحده، بل لكل من تعرّض للاعتقال ظلمًا. ف��ا ينبغي أن يُنسى أحد.
نرجو منكم مشاركة هذه الرسالة على نطاق واسع. شكرًا لكم.
Bilal And Beyond
@BilalKareem spent years documenting the stories of people who had been arbitrarily detained. Today, he is one of them.
Bilal's case is not an isolated one. Men remain detained in Syria without charge or trial, leaving family members waiting for answers.
To the family members of those who are still detained: we have not forgotten you.
As we campaign for Bilal Abdul Kareem's freedom, we also want to draw attention to others whose cases deserve to be known. Their lives matter. Their voices matter.
If you would like to share your family member's story, we invite you to send us any information you want the public to know about the case.
There is absolutely no pressure to come forward.
If you do wish to share, please send your information securely via Telegram username: @OGNreporting
Together, we can remind the world that justice is for Bilal Abdul Kareem and beyond. No one should be forgotten.
Please share widely. Thank you.
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🔴 A message from Bilal's wife Asmaa
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🔴 A message from @BilalKareem's wife Asmaa:
"Justice is absent, and freedom has been taken away. I call for the release of my imprisoned husband. Be a voice for those who have no voice, and support this campaign to secure his freedom. Stand in solidarity and keep him in your prayers as we continue this campaign calling for his release.
Thank you to everyone who has worked so hard to launch this campaign, and to all of the supporters. Your dedication and support mean so much. Together, we are making a difference in sha Allah." - Asmaa
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👉 Bilal Abdul Kareem's Story: https://t.co/bA9eOXE9Yd
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🔴 ACTION POINT: LET'S DEMAND JUSTICE TOGETHER FOR @BilalKareem | TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER
DEMAND JUSTICE: EMAIL THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT
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🔴 ACTION POINT: LET'S DEMAND JUSTICE TOGETHER FOR @BilalKareem | TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER
DEMAND JUSTICE: EMAIL THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT
👉 🌐 Visit: https://t.co/bA9eOXE9Yd
1. Click the banner at the top.
2. Enter your name.
3. Preview the letter.
4. Press the email option and it should take you to your email.
5. Press send.
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🔴 A MUST-WATCH | An Important Message From @yvonneridley
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