CPJ calls for investigation into murder of Syrian journalists in Turkey

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Turkish authorities to investigate and bring to justice the murderers of two Syrian journalists found slain in an apartment in the city of Urfa in southeastern Turkey today. Ibrahim Abd al-Qader worked as the executive director and Fares Hamadi as head of the production department for Eye on the Homeland, a Syrian media collective, according to a statement on the group’s Facebook page.

A member of the Syrian journalist collective Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered (RBSS) told CPJ that Abd Al-Qader was also a founding member of their group. CPJ will recognize Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered this year at the organization’s annual International Press Freedom Award.

The RBSS member, Abu Mohammed, as well as Ahmed Abd al-Qader, Ibrahim’s brother and a staff member of Eye on the Homeland, both told CPJ they believe Islamic State militants were responsible for the murders.