Bilal Ahmed Bilal, Syria

Bilal Ahmed Bilal, a reporter for the Palestinian television network Palestine Today, died in a Syrian prison, his employer reported on April 30. The exact date of his death remains unclear. Skeysmedia.org reported that Bilal had been held in prison since his arrest in September, 2011.

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