Ahmad Mohamed al-Mousa, Syria

Ahmad Mohamed al-Mousa – a member of the media collective Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Slowly, which is dedicated to exposing abuses by the Islamic State group – was shot in the head and killed in front of his family’s home in Syria’s Idlib province on Dec. 16, 2015. Representatives of the group later claimed responsibility for the killing in a video titled “Escaping won’t do you any good” that was posted online on March 8, 2016.

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