INDEPENDENT MEDIA PROJECT [IMP]

When Bashar al-Asad succeeded his father as president, many hoped that a new era of openness would follow.  However, by fall 2002, constant arrests, crackdowns, and terrorist activities effectively quashed hopes that the country would break from the authoritarian, violent, and intransigent policies of the past.

Today, the Syrian government relies on a host of repressive laws, violent suppression, and extralegal measures to control its citizenry.  Access to objective information and free speech, the engines of democratic reform, are not permitted.
The Democracy Council is actively engaged in promoting and assisting “informal”  independent media outlets in Syria.