ISIS murders female journalist.

[Cujo]

Barbarians.


Islamic State militants murdered a journalist who wrote about daily life in occupied Raqqa, having accused her of being a spy, activists have confirmed.

Ruqia Hassan, 30, was killed in September, but news of her death became widely known this week after Isis claimed on social media that she was still alive.

Writing under the pen name Nissan Ibrahim, Hassan’s posts described life for residents of Raqqa, Isis’s Syrian stronghold, and the frequent coalition airstrikes against the group.

Hassan studied philosophy at Aleppo University and later joined the opposition to the regime of Bashar al-Assad when the revolution began in Raqqa. She refused to leave after Isis entered the city.

Hassan had been placed under surveillance by Isis and was held in August, accused of being in contact with the “sahawat”, a derogatory term used by Isis to refer to the Free Syrian Army, whom it considers traitors.

Hassan posted messages on Facebook about how she felt and the music she listened to, and sent messages of hope to her followers.


In another post, Hassan agonised over the problems facing Raqqa, under fire from Isis and being bombed by the coalition.

Ok if we don’t want Daesh ...

And we don’t want the coalition bombing Daesh ...

And we don’t want the Free Syria[n] Army to fight Daesh …

‪Then what do we want exactly?

Earlier she wrote of how internet spaces were being taken over by Isis, which meant losing the only means of communication with family and diaspora Syrian families.


A user known as Abu Mohammed, a founder of the anti-Isis Syrian activist group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS), tweeted the final words Hassan posted on Facebook.

— الرقة تذبح بصمت (@Raqqa_SL)
January 2, 2016
1-the last words from Nissan Ibrahim Syrian activist who got executed by #ISIS was " im in Raqqa and I received pic.twitter.com/4CPswO2LLI

— Abu Mohammed (@Raqqa_sl1)
January 2, 2016
#Raqqa 2-"Death threats and when #ISIS will Arrest me and kill me its ok Because they will cut my head and i have Dignity its better than"


The activist group said she had not been the only female journalist murdered in Syria by Isis, but the identity or number of others killed is not known.

Her Facebook profile has been kept open and activists have speculated that Isis could be using her previous posts to find information on those she was in contact with inside Raqqa.

Last weekend, an Isis propaganda video emerged in which five men appeared to be murdered after being accused of spying. The film shows the victims describing their “crimes”, such as running internet cafes and sending pictures of Raqqa to Turkey.

In December, Isis killed Naji Jerf, the editor-in-chief of the independent monthly Hentah and an activist with RBSS, who had documented human rights violations committed in Raqqa by the group in his film Islamic State in Aleppo.


Journalist Ruqia Hassan murdered by Isis after writing on life in Raqqa | World news | The Guardian

[phukitbound]

What is this world coming too..
What happened to freedom of speech.

I know a male activists that writes all about the going on's in Syria , and his fb account was closed recently..hmmm.

[Cujo]

What is this world coming too..
What happened to freedom of speech.

I know a male activists that writes all about the going on's in Syria , and his fb account was closed recently..hmmm.

Goings on.

And he's probably not in an ISIS controlled area.
If he is you should probably refer to him in the past tense.
I.E. " I KNEW a ....".

[phukitbound]

^No, he's in Dubai Thank Allah, but his family has all been killed in Syria a year or so ago.


Can't see the pics, Dill.

[Dapper]

There're about 20 people in ISIS.
They're all numpty fvck ups that could be taken out in 10 minutes.

In the word's of the great Public Enemy..

"Don't believe the hype"

[DrB0b]

What is this world coming too..
What happened to freedom of speech.

Does not and never has existed in Syria, nor in most of the rest of the world. Why do so many people seem to believe it does?

[thaimeme]

There're about 20 people in ISIS.
They're all numpty fvck ups that could be taken out in 10 minutes.

In the word's of the great Public Enemy..

"Don't believe the hype"

But we need to perpetuate an invented boogieman and associated issues long-term - conduit for expansion.

[kingwilly]

What is this world coming too..
What happened to freedom of speech.

Does not and never has existed in Syria, nor in most of the rest of the world. Why do so many people seem to believe it does?

Because issuing empty platitudes and clicking facebook like campaigns is so much easier.

[phukitbound]

What is this world coming too..
What happened to freedom of speech.

Does not and never has existed in Syria, nor in most of the rest of the world. Why do so many people seem to believe it does?

I believe it is more acceptable to have free speech in places in the west... look at Trump for an example. Lol. Says whatever..

I never said there was free speech in Syria.. I don't believe places like Syria and strict Muslim countries believe in free speech.. especially women's free speech.

[Cujo]

What is this world coming too..
What happened to freedom of speech.

Does not and never has existed in Syria, nor in most of the rest of the world. Why do so many people seem to believe it does?

I believe it is more acceptable to have free speech in places in the west... look at Trump for an example. Lol. Says whatever..

I never said there was free speech in Syria.. I don't believe places like Syria and strict Muslim countries believe in free speech.. especially women's free speech.

So why say

this world coming too..
What happened to freedom of speech.

When those countries are the ones under discussion?

You didn't get any less banal in your absence did you.