Razan Zaitouneh

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Full Name	Razan Zaitouneh
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Apr 29, 1977(1977-04-29)
Age	47
Country	Syria
Horoscope	Aries

Razan Zaitouneh Biography

Razan Zaitouneh is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on April 29, 1977 in Syria. Razan Zaitouneh, or Zeitunah; Arabic name: rznzytwn@; was born 29 April 1977. She is a Syrian civil rights lawyer and activist. After being accused of being a foreign agent by the government, she fled to hide with her husband. Zaitouneh documented human rights violations in Syria for the Local Coordination Committees of Syria. Jaysh al Islam kidnapped Zaitouneh on 9/12/2013. Her fate was unknown as of August 2018. She was believed to have been murdered.

Wael Hammada, Wael Hammada, or Wael Hammada was her husband and was taken into custody on 12 May 2011. His brother, ‘Abd al-Rahman Hammada, was also taken into custody. Wael Hammada was also detained and interrogated about his wife’s human right work. Wael Hamadeh was released on August 1, 2011.

Syrian State television aired announcement that Razan Zaitouneh was a foreign agent on 23 March 2011, after which she went into hiding while continuing her legal and human rights work, in order to avoid being arrested.

Pro-opposition websites reported that on 9 December 2013 Zaitouneh had been kidnapped along with her husband, Wael Hamadeh, and two colleagues, Samira Khalil and Nazem Hammadi, in the opposition-held town of Douma to the north of Damascus. As of December 2015, their whereabouts were still unknown and the identity of the kidnappers uncertain, although it was suspected that the Islamist Salafi rebel group Army of Islam was responsible.

She was jointly awarded the 2011 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, along with four Arabs, on 27 October 2011. Reach All Women in War had previously given her the Anna Politkovskaya award. Razan Zaitouneh received the International Women of Courage Award in 2013.

Razan Zaitouneh Net Worth

Razan Zaitouneh is one of the richest Journalist from Syria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Razan Zaitouneh 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Zaitouneh graduated law school in 1999, and began her career as a lawyer in 2001.

Since 2001, she has been part of the team that defends political prisoners. Razan was also one of the founders and leaders of the Human Rights Association in Syria in the same year. Razan Zaitouneh founded SHRIL (the Syrian Human Rights Information Link) in 2005. She continues to report on human rights violations occurring in Syria through this link. Razan Zaitouneh served as an active member of The Committee to Support Families of Political Prisoners In Syria from 2005 to her 2013 disappearance.

Zaitouneh founded the Violations Documentation Center in Syria in April 2011 to document human rights violations and abuses in the country by all sides. She also contributed to human rights violations reports circulated by the Local Coordination Committees of Syria, of which she was one of the founders.

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Razan Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Syria. Razan Zaitouneh celebrates birthday on April 29 of every year.