«Etat d'urgence en Syrie. Quand l'exception devient la règle»

The article deals with the “Emergency law”, which was applied without interruption since 1963, causing the incarceration and disappearance of thousands of political opponents, sometimes without being judged. In this silent kingdom, as described by the opponent Riad Turk, the martial law overrules the legal system.

El Atrache is a journalist correspondent in the French language weekly L’Hebdo Magazine in Beirut (Lebanon) since July 2000. He also worked for Radio France International, as a correspondent for Damascus since March 2004. Beyond his journalistic Career, he also worked for the United Nations Development Program in Syria, as a researcher.