Yara Bader

Yara Bader is a Syrian journalist and a human rights activist. Throughout her career, Yara has worked to expose the conditions inside the detention centres in Syrian and the torture conducted by the Assad regime. In 2012, alongside 15 journalists, she was arrested by the intelligence forces in Syria for her work. Since her escape from Syria, Yara has continued to help victims get their voices heard through her work with the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression. In 2015, she was a recipient of Human Rights Watch Alison Des Forges Award.