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104:(RBSS) which is a nonpartisan, independent organization that exposes the atrocities committed by ISIS & other groups in Syria as well as the Syrian government. Alhamza started non-violent protests and demonstrations against the Syrian government in 2011 and was arrested by the government three times in 2012. The Islamic State Group (ISIS) interrogated him more than one time about his activism. After ISIS took control of his hometown, Raqqa in January 2014, he escaped to Turkey and started
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RBSS documents life under ISIS on social media and through photographs and videos that are smuggled abroad. Alhamza, like most exiled RBSS members, now lives in
Germany. As of November 2015, Alhamza was working with seven RBSS members outside Raqqa to publish information gathered by twelve members
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November 2015, RBSS members "have secretly produced the most sustained coverage of life under Islamic State control." Alhamza told the Post, "We are fighting for our city....We don’t have weapons, but we have our pens or our website or whatever. We are fighting online." He added: "We cover
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January 2014, that group also allegedly interrogated him on multiple occasions. Under threat from both the Assad and ISIS camps, Alhamza escaped to Turkey, where he and other journalists founded RBSS. Threats from the Islamic State in Turkey caused him to flee to Germany.
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and other awards on behalf of RBSS. Alhamza was featured in "City of Ghosts" a documentary that followed the
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everything because our duty is for our city." Alhamza admitted to the Post that ISIS had made it increasingly difficult for his group to do its work. "All of us," he said, "are accepting that any one of us will be killed at anytime or anywhere."
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Alhamza acted as a media activist and organizer of nonviolent protests during the early period of the uprising against the Assad regime, Alhamza was arrested by Syrian authorities three times in 2012. After
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