Adel Sayegh

Year: 2015

Nationality: Iraq

Killed by: Political Group

Location: Mosul, Iraq

Press organization: Salaheddin TV

What's Adel Sayegh 's story?

Adel Sayegh, an Iraqi photographer and video journalist from Mosul, was kidnapped by men from the Islamic State group in August 2015. He was executed the same month, two local media groups, the Society for the Defense of Press Freedom in Iraq and the Nineveh Reporters Network, told the Committee to Protect Journalists.

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