{"id":1870,"date":"2016-06-26T16:58:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T16:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raqqa-sl.com\/en\/?p=1870"},"modified":"2016-06-26T16:58:10","modified_gmt":"2016-06-26T16:58:10","slug":"isil-murders-five-media-activists-exposing-syria-atrocities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raqqa-sl.com\/en\/?p=1870","title":{"rendered":"Isil murders five media activists for exposing Syria atrocities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Isil terrorists in Syria. They have now murdered five local media activists for exposing their atrocities. CREDIT: AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I<\/span>sil has executed five media activists in Syria\u2019s eastern province of Deir Ezzor, warning that anyone who tries to document the group\u2019s atrocities will never be safe from retribution.<\/p>\n

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based monitoring group, said it had received a video depicting the activists\u2019 deaths, carried out on various charges including \u201cacting against the Islamic State, communicating with outside parties and receiving funds\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Observatory reported that the jihadists murdered one of the activists by hand-cuffing him to his explosives-rigged laptop and detonating it. Another was killed while tied to his camera.\u00a0One of the activists had been providing the Observatory with information about events in the areas of Deir Ezzor<\/a> ruled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil).<\/p>\n

Isil attempts to keep a tight grip on any news and footage emerging from territories under their control, executing any activists who try to its expose crimes. \u00a0In the video, the terrorist group warned media activists that they were not safe even outside of Syria, showing the faces of anti-Isil journalists who have been murdered by Isil in southern Turkey.<\/p>\n

\"Isil
Isil terrorists in Syria. They have now murdered five local media activists for exposing their atrocities. CREDIT: AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T<\/span>he group has claimed responsibility for assassinating four Syrian media activists in Turkey.<\/p>\n

Mohammed Zahir al-Shergat, a presenter for Halab Today TV, died in April after being shot in the neck in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep. He had received numerous death threats from Isil. \u00a0Two weeks ago, Isil claimed responsibility for a failed attempt to kill Ahmed Abd al-Qader, who founded the Syrian news site, Eye on the Homeland.<\/p>\n

Mr Qader was shot and wounded by two gunmen on a motorbike in the Turkish city of Sanliurfa. It was the second assassination attempt that he has survived: in March, two men ambushed Mr Qader outside his home. \u00a0In October last year, Mr Qader\u2019s brother, Ibrahim, and his colleague, Fares Hamadi, were found with their throats slit in Sanliurfa.<\/p>\n

\"Isil
Isil terrorists in Syria. They have now murdered five local media activists for exposing their atrocities. CREDIT: AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

N<\/span>aji Jerf, the editor of the independent Syrian monthly Hentah, was shot dead in Gaziantep last December. He had been working on a documentary on the citizen journalist group, Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS).<\/p>\n

Members of the group, which has won international praise for publishing information from inside Isil\u2019s stronghold of Raqqa and other areas under the group\u2019s control, are a frequent target of attacks and threats.<\/a>\u00a0Several RBSS activists have fled to Europe, but in Sunday’s video Isil threatened to reach them even there.<\/p>\n

Jerf\u2019s murder prompted the press advocacy group Reporters Without Borders to urge the Turkish government to \u201ctake whatever measures are necessary to guarantee the security of Syrian exile journalists\u201d.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in Deir Ezzor province, air strikes carried out by Russia and the Syrian regime have killed at least 58 people in the Isil-held town of al-Quriyah overnight. At least 31 civilians, including eight children and five women, were among the dead.<\/p>\n

source : \u00a0telegraph.co.uk<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Isil has executed five media activists in Syria’s eastern province of Deir Ezzor, warning that anyone who tries to document the group’s atrocities will never be safe from retribution. The<\/p>\n

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