Ghaith Abd al-Jawad
Year: 2013
Nationality: Syria
Killed by: Military Officials
Location: Damascus, Syria
Press organization: Qaboun Media Center
What's Ghaith Abd al-Jawad's story?
Al-Jawaddocumented clashes and protests for the Qaboun MediaCenter, a group of opposition citizen journalists who film clashes in the neighborhood of Qaboun and publish theunattributed videos online, according to international broadcaster Al-Jazeeraand the local press freedom group Syrian Journalists Association. Al-Jawad,who was known locally as “Abu Teem,” was killed with Amr Badir al-DeenJunaid, the head of the Qaboun Media Center, by amortar shell fired by pro-Assad forces in Qaboun, according to Shaam NewsNetwork and other reports. The Qaboun Media Center posted a videoof a shell landing close to one of its other photographers, who was uninjured,on the same day. Qaboun and surrounding neighborhoods on the outskirts ofDamascus witnessed intense fighting that day. Therewere conflicting reports on the circumstances surrounding al-Jawad’s death. TheSyrian Journalists Association saidal-Jawad was hit while on his way to cover civilians in a makeshift hospitalinjured by shelling from pro-Assad forces. But Al-Jazeera saidhe was hit while filming shelling in the area. Neither source provided furtherdetails.
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