The media toll in Syria continued
last week with the deaths of at least seven journalists. Citizen journalist
Hozan Abdel Halim Mahmoud was killed while filming clashes between the rebels
and a Kurdish militia in the north eastern region of Al-Hasaka on 20 November. Mohammed
Al-Khalid, a citizen journalist from Homs, was executed in Aleppo on 18
November for repeatedly criticising the actions of a state militia.Abdullah
Hassan Kaake, a citizen journalist, died under torture by military intelligence
in Aleppo on 17 November. Two of his brothers – Abdel Ghani, another
citizen-journalist, and Ahmed Kaake – were previously killed.Two other citizen
journalists were killed. Mohammad Al-Zaher, also known as Abu Nasser Na'imi,
was killed during shooting of the Damascus suburb of Al-Buaida on 19 November;
Mustafa Kerman was fatally injured during shelling of the Aleppo district of
Al-Bustan Al-Qassir on 16 November.
My Opinion: Could citizen journalism have its
limits? There’s one thing recording an incident on the tram or bus but it’s
completely different when recording an even in a ‘war zone’. Is risking your
life really worth it?
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