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razan zaitouneh is part of the syrian opposition syria law 29 april 1977 razan zaitouneh
 razan zaitouneh human rights lawyer
razan zaitouneh

razan zaitouneh -lrb- zeitunah -rrb- ; born 29 april 1977 -rrb- is a syrian human rights lawyer and civil society activist .
actively involved in the syrian uprising , she went into hiding after being accused by the government of being a foreign agent and her husband was arrested .
zaitouneh has documented human rights in syria for the local coordination committees of syria .
she graduated from law school in 1999 and in 2001 started her work as lawyer .
she has been a member of the team of lawyers for defense of political prisoners since 2001 .
in the same year , razan was one of the founders of the human rights association in syria -lrb- hras -rrb- .
in 2005 , razan zaitouneh established shril -lrb- the syrian human rights information link -rrb- , through which she continues to report about human rights violations in syria .
since 2005 , razan zaitouneh is also an active member of the committee to support families of political prisoners in syria .
on 27 october 2011 , she was awarded the 2011 sakharov prize for freedom of thought , jointly with four other arabs .
she was previously awarded the anna politkovskaya award by reach all women in war .
in 2013 razan zaitouneh was granted the international women of courage award .
in december 2013 , pro-opposition websites reported that zaitouneh was 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 4 february 2014 , their whereabouts were still unknown and the identity of the kidnappers uncertain , although it was suspected that the islamist rebel group the army of islam was responsible .
