Bilal Sharaf al-Deen

Year: 2015

Nationality: Yemen

Killed by: Military Officials

Location: Sana'a, Yemen

Press organization: Al-Masirah TV

What's Bilal Sharaf al-Deen's story?

Sharaf al-Deen, a cameraman for the Houthi-owned Al-Masirah TV, was killed while covering airstrikes launched by a Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebel forces, his outlet and colleagues told CPJ. Al-Masirah’s news director, Najeeb al-Ashmory, told CPJ that Sharaf al-Deen had gone to cover an airstrike in the northern Sana’a neighborhood of al-Jeraf when he was killed by a second airstrike.

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