User:Crtew/Khaled al-Essa

Khaled al-Essa, also known as Khaled al-Issa (ca. 1992 – June 24, 2016), a Syrian photojournalist from Kafr Nabl, Idlib Governorate, Syria, who died after sustaining injuries from an explosive device hidden in his home. He is notable for covering anti-government activism during the Syrian Civil War.

Personal
Born in Kafr Nabl, Syria, he was living in Aleppo at the time of his death.

Career
A co-founder of the Union of Revolutionary Bureas in 2012, an organization that works for the recognition of the civil rights of the people of the Idlib Governorate. Khaled covered the aftermath of airstrikes and crimes on civilians during the Syrian Civil War as an independent journalist and as the cameraman for fellow journalist Hadi Abdullah. (Taleb, Julia."Syrian independent media offers bold challenge to extremism."

Death
Died on June 24, 2016 in a hospital in Antakya, Turkey a week after he and Hadi Abdullah sustained injuries from a bomb hidden in their residence. He was scheduled to receive medical treatment in Germany after obtaining a visa, but died before arrangements could be made to send him there.

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Context
Khaled was reporting alongside Hadi Abdullah in combat zones during the Syrian Civil War. Just two days before the bomb that would eventually take his life went off he and Abdullah were wounded in a bombing in Jisr al-Haj, Aleppo. At the time of his death he had been blacklisted by the Syrian Air Force.

Impact
His photographs behind the scenes of the war were included in international publications. Taking photos of inhumane scenes of the aftermath of bombings by government forces.

Reactions
Journalists, friends, relatives and people that only knew him for his work in the civil war were very critical of his death. al-Essa's fellow co-founder of the Union of Revolutionary Bureaus Raed Fares was critical of the government and the part they played in the atrocities committed during the war. Even going so far as to say the Assad regime is responsible for his death by denying a medical visa for al-Essa to receive treatment after the bombing. There was a tribute in his honor in Paris on the 28th of June 2016 in Paris for him. Several journalistic organizations reached out to profess their condolences to the death of al-Essa including the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces and the International Federation of Journalists.

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An example of an article with photos credited to al-Essa:
 * theguardian