Journalist detained by authoritarian state forces during military operations represents state suppression of press freedom and extrajudicial detention of media personnel documenting conflict.
Eva Maria Michelmann vanished in Syria in January as government forces advanced on Kurdish fighters in the northeast. The German government last week said it was working to get her home.
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