Share this: TwitterFacebookWhatsAppLinkedInEmailTelegramNew York, August 17, 2020 — The militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham should immediately release reporter Bilal Abdul-Kareem and his driver and stop detaining journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The militants also abducted Mohammad al-Homsi, known as Abu Mohammad, a driver for the outlet, according to those reports. “It’s shameful for Hayat Tahrir al-Sham to snatch a journalist and his driver in the middle of the street and take them to an unknown location without explaining why,” said CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa representative, Ignacio Miguel Delgado. The abduction followed On the Ground News’ August 11 publication of an interview Abdul-Kareem conducted with Racquell Hayden-Best, the wife of Idlib-based British aid worker Tauqir Sharif, who was recently abducted and allegedly tortured by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. On the day of his abduction, Abdul-Kareem tweeted a video accusing the militant group of torturing Sharif in a prison in June.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 17, 2020 19:07 UTC