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Syrian Helmer Orwa Nyrabia Released Two Weeks After Arrest In Damascus: Report

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday September 12, 2012 @ 2:34pm PDTTags: Orwa Nyrabia

UPDATE: Syrian filmmaker Orwa Nyarabia’s family said today he was freed today in “strong and good spirits,” according to Deadline sister site MovieLine. His military abductors on Tuesday turned him over to a civilian court which reviewed his case and freed him.

PREVIOUSLY: The European Documentary Network posted this statement today on its website.

Finally the good news came, that Orwa Nyrabia, Syrian film producer and director of the Syrian film festival DOX BOX, who was arrested August 23 at Damascus International Airport, has been set free.

The site had no further details. Deadline reported last month that Nyrabia was arrested August 23 at the Damascus airport as he was on his way to Cairo. He was taken into custody by one of the security services of the Syrian regime to be detained in the jail cells of the intelligence services. The Toronto International Film Festival last week expressed “deep concern” over Nyrabia’s arrest. His release came just days after the death of Syrian filmmaker Tamer al-Awam, who died in Aleppo, “where he was filming the bombardment of civilian neighborhoods,” as reported by the New York Times.

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DGA “Concern” For Missing Syria Producer

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday September 6, 2012 @ 4:34pm PDTTags: Directors Guild Of America, Orwa Nyrabia, Taylor Hackford

Los Angeles – Directors Guild of America President Taylor Hackford made the following statement about the disappearance of Orwa Nyrabia, the Syrian producer and director of the DOX BOX documentary film festival, on August 23, 2012 as

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Syrian Helmer Orwa Nyrabia Arrested In Damascus; Toronto Fest Organizers Concerned

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday August 30, 2012 @ 9:26am PDTTags: Orwa Nyrabia, Toronto Film Festival
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Organizers of the Toronto International Film Festival released a statement today expressing “deep concern” after Dox Box documentary director Orwa Nyrabia was arrested August 23 at the Damascus airport, as he was on his way to Cairo. He … Read More »

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