Watch the full episode: [ Ссылка ]
Abdalaziz Alhamza watched the Islamic State take over his home town of Raqqa in Syria. He has been fighting them every day since. With his friends, Aziz founded Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS), a group of citizen journalists risking their lives to uncover the atrocities committed by the Islamic State in the city. The group was awarded the 2015 International Press Freedom Award.
In this episode of #ExtremeLives, Aziz shares his experiences of living under ISIS and how he and his friends started to document what was going on in Raqqa. Aziz tells us the importance of using social media to fight back against ISIS and how this became more important even as he fled Syria. Now on a target of ISIS, Aziz continues to work around the world to promote citizen journalism.
***
#ExtremeLives is a video series covering on-the-ground stories of violent extremism in Asia. With first-hand accounts of the darkest days of ISIS-occupied Raqqa, dispatches from an insider of a network training militants across Asia, and discourse from journalists at the front-lines fighting misinformation in a post-truth world, #ExtremeLives offers a unique opportunity to delve deep into polarizing issues affecting the modern age. From recruitment, radicalization, and rehabilitation, to the role of news corporations and social media, to refugees fleeing violence and migrant workers targeted by underground terrorist organisations, #ExtremeLives exposes stories that aim to bring us closer to figuring out how to stop the spread of violent extremist ideologies.
#ExtremeLives is a project by the United Nations Development Programme in Asia and the Pacific, co-funded by the European Union.
Discover more on our website: [ Ссылка ]
Subscribe to #ExtremeLives: [ Ссылка ]
Like us on Facebook: [ Ссылка ]
