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Abdalaziz Alhamza

Founder & Spokesperson
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently

Abdalaziz Alhamza is co-founder and spokesperson of Raqqa is being slaughtered silently , he graduated Biology from Raqqa university in 2013 , he born in Raqqa in 1991 , he is living in Germany now , he started nonvolatile protests and demonstrations against the Syrian regime in 2011 , he got arrested by the Syrian regime three times in 2012 , he worked as media man and activist in the Syrian revolution , islamic state interrogated him more than one time about the activist and they asked him to join them , after islamic state controlled Raqqa city in January 2014 ,he escaped from his city to Turkey after wanted him because he was covering the clashes between them and the Free Syria Army , he started Raqqa is being slaughtered silently ''RBSS'' with his friends in Turkey to show the reality in Raqqa city under isis control , he felt that the situation in Turkey is not safe so that he decided to Germany where he is living now , he is completing the campaign work from Germany by the interviews, meetings , conferences and online publishing
10 between colleagues,friends and families members were executed and assassinated by ISIS in Syria and Turkey
Alhamza accepted the international press freedom award by CPJ,2015 Global thinkers by foreign policy, Ischia International Journalism Award, Civil Courage Prize 2016 and other awards on behalf of RBSS

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