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Syria Approves Deportation of Detained German Journalist Eva Michelmann After Months in Custody

The Syrian government has approved a German request to deport journalist Eva Maria Michelmann, ending months of detention following her disappearance in northeastern Syria earlier this year. In a statement released Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said Damascus moved to coordinate the legal and logistical steps for her repatriation as soon as her identity and German citizenship were confirmed. The ministry noted that the p…

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Again free: journalist Eva Maria Michelmann is free and since Friday again in Germany, reports the WDR. She had been taken to a Syrian torture prison in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa in January. In the WDR, Michelmann's brother reports that his sister has been tortured with electric shocks and is in poor mental and physical condition. She had reported on local clashes from Damascus with her Kurdish colleague Ahmet Polad for Kurdish media. Po…

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turi2 broke the news on Sunday, June 21, 2026.
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