At the time of the army’s assault on the Baba ‘Amr neighbourhood of Homs in February 2012, Ali Mahmoud Othman was part of a network of activists who ran the makeshift Homs media centre. After he disappeared in March 2012, his family was not told where he was being held or why; no one has heard from Ali Mahmoud Othman since a televised interview on Syria state TV in May 2012.
