(Zaman Al Wasl)- A prominent journalism watchdog has called on Turkey to protect exiled Syrian journalists on its territory after an opposition journalist was fatally shot near the border with Syria, AP reported.
Naji al-Jarf, 38, the editor-in-chief of pro-opposition Hentah Magazine died in hospital Sunday after being shot in the street in the southern city of Gaziantep. On October 29, in Urfa city, ISIS killed Ibrahim Abdul Kader, a member in Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS), a group exposing human rights abuses in Raqqa, the de facto Islamic State capital.
The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said on Tuesday it was “appalled” by reports of al-Jarf’s killing and said Turkey should guarantee journalists’ safety, according to AP.
The group said al-Jarf had been receiving threats after making a documentary on ISIS violence. He had obtained a visa for France had been planning to move there.
Al Jarf, who laid to rest on Monday, was an outspoken critic against the radical Islamic State group, who had documented its crimes and abuses in a movie called 'Daesh of Aleppo', Daesh is an acronym used to describe ISIS in Arabic.
Al Jarf was also under threat of Syrian regime not only ISIS.
According to the intelligence archive obtained by Zaman al Wasl, 4 arrest orders were issued by the security services for al Jaraf, two of it were issued by the notorious 215 security branch which was planning for a tragic destiny for al Jarf as it did for 11,000 Syrian detainees who were tortured to death between (2011- 2013), and their 55,000 mass torture photos were revealed early 2014 due to an international investigation.
Naji al-Jarf, 38, the editor-in-chief of pro-opposition Hentah Magazine died in hospital Sunday after being shot in the street in the southern city of Gaziantep. On October 29, in Urfa city, ISIS killed Ibrahim Abdul Kader, a member in Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS), a group exposing human rights abuses in Raqqa, the de facto Islamic State capital.
The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said on Tuesday it was “appalled” by reports of al-Jarf’s killing and said Turkey should guarantee journalists’ safety, according to AP.
The group said al-Jarf had been receiving threats after making a documentary on ISIS violence. He had obtained a visa for France had been planning to move there.
Al Jarf, who laid to rest on Monday, was an outspoken critic against the radical Islamic State group, who had documented its crimes and abuses in a movie called 'Daesh of Aleppo', Daesh is an acronym used to describe ISIS in Arabic.
Al Jarf was also under threat of Syrian regime not only ISIS.
According to the intelligence archive obtained by Zaman al Wasl, 4 arrest orders were issued by the security services for al Jaraf, two of it were issued by the notorious 215 security branch which was planning for a tragic destiny for al Jarf as it did for 11,000 Syrian detainees who were tortured to death between (2011- 2013), and their 55,000 mass torture photos were revealed early 2014 due to an international investigation.
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