Sakir Khader
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Journalist who labels dead Palestinian terrorists ‘martyrs’ gets top Dutch award
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Today, Mazen’s body was laid to rest in Damascus. It is the final chapter in the life of a man who was murdered three times and born anew four.
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Syrian father says last goodbye to his two young children killed in yesterday's heavy regime chemical attack on Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib.
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Today, an Israeli sniper shot a bullet at us while taking some rest in the mountains. The bullet pierced the stone we sat on. We ran away. Ten minutes later, he shot again. That bullet hit Mohammad in his head. An 28-year old man from Beita. He died an hour ago.
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Jack (7) was saving for an iPad. After the local mosque was vandalised, he donated his piggy bank. Their response:
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Mazen’s body has been found—brutally murdered by the Syrian regime. Assad bears the primary guilt, but the Dutch government is jointly responsible for his death. Mazen lived nearby; I saw him just a short while before he disappeared. I’ll share more details below later.
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This is Amjad from Mugayam Jenin. I met this kid a few years ago when I was in the Mugayam. He came to me and asked me to take a picture of him. So I did. A few days ago, Israeli soldiers killed him with 11 bullets. He was hit by 7 bullets in the heart and 4 around his neck.
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Last message from this old man in Aleppo: 'We don't have anything left. Oh Arabs, where are you? We are being slaughtered. Safe us.'
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The situation in Palestine is reaching its absolute boiling point. And the world ignores the rapid developments completely….
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This man lost 15 of his relatives. All killed in an American airstrike on Ghazni.
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This photo from yesterdays attack on Khan Sheikhoun is undoubtedly one of the most heartbreaking pics I've seen in a while. Without a doubt.
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It's Father's Day. Let's remember that not all families having a great day today. He lost his 3 children yesterday.
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Israeli troops are all over Jenin. D9 bulldozers are currently destroying the roads leading to the Jenin refugee camp. Note: all these roads got repaired recently after being destroyed by the same Israeli bulldozers during the last July attack on Jenin City and the refugee camp.
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Every child in this photo has lost his father. All killed by American soldiers. Wardak, Afghanistan.
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Israel is silently increasing its bombing campaign in the West Bank. Nearly 20 of the 140 Palestinians killed in the past 25 days were killed by missiles from drones or jets. The Israelis attack a city, stay on the outskirts of certain places, lure the people, and then bomb them.
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The PA is transforming into a repressive force. For 3 weeks, the Jenin refugee camp has been under total siege, accompanied by a harsh crackdown on dissent. Disturbingly, security forces are documenting their crimes and sharing the videos publicly. Here’s what you need to know. .
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This photo was taken the very moment Israeli drones and jets started to appear above our heads, seemingly out of nowhere yet from everywhere at the same time. We felt it coming. Something really bloody was brewing while the whole world slept.
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When Shireen was killed Dutch public radio called me. They asked me if I could chat about the situation in Palestine. I told them about the oppression, dangers and violence being used against us. It felt that I was saying things they didn't want to hear. They never called back.
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Syrian father says last goodbye to his wife and 4 children killed in today's heavy airstrikes on Maʿarrat al-Nuʿmān.
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Today, in the early morning around 03:55, someone was knocking on the door very hard. I went out of bed and was still drowsy when I stood in my room, trying to figure out what or who it was. Suddenly, I realized that these were Israeli soldiers trying to enter the house. .
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The Israelis have just executed two children in cold blood in Ya’bad, Jenin. Soldiers chased the boys and fired explosive rounds, causing devastating injuries, incl. the destruction of one boy’s face and a crater in his chest, where broken ribs and an exploded heart are visible.
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Israeli airstrikes on the Jenin refugee camp. Many casualties.
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This young child is standing in front of the graves of his father, brother, baby brother and cousin. All killed in an American mortar strike on Wardak. Just a few weeks before the Americans withdrew from Afghanistan.
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Probably one of the best photos to sum up nowadays world.
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On top of the rubble of the destroyed road, which is being damaged every week by the Israeli army. And every week, the villagers rebuild the road again so they can reach the mountain and protest against the illegal settlement near the village. Beita, Palestine.
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This is ten-year-old Mohammed Amjad al-Jo’os from Jenin. His brother was brutally shot by an Israeli sniper on January 26, 2023. After the sniper shot and severely wounded his brother, the Israeli military truck ran over his head and crushed his skull as he bled to death.
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This morning, Israeli troops raided the al-Faur refugee camp in Hebron and clashed with the youth. In their raid, the Israelis arrested Alaa Abu Heshesh, blindfolded him, and used him as a human shield so the youth wouldn’t pose any danger during their military operation.
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Today, during the protests in Beita, an Israeli sniper shot a man in the eye for waving the Palestinian flag during the clashes. And because the Israeli bulldozer destroyed all the roads leading to the mountain, we had to walk the injured man at least 1km to reach an ambulance.
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Do you remember the “All Eyes on Rafah” trend? Today, Rafah lies in ruins, while the attention it once received has completely vanished. Countless massacres were committed—and are still happening—in a city everyone claimed to care about. .
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I just came back home from Mohammad Da’das’s funeral. He was still a child, thirteen years old, carried for nine long and heavy months by his mom and raised for years by his beloved parents. In the blink of an eye, he was gone. Brutally murdered by an Israeli soldier.
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The kidney in exchange for food. Somewhere in Herat, Afghanistan.
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We found dozens of young Syrian refugee children working in dark factories. Our story:
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Mazen once lived in a small town nestled between Haarlem and Leiden. When he arrived in the Netherlands a decade ago, the scars of torture were etched vividly across his body, like an unrelenting shadow of his past. .
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Palestinian government snipers have just murdered a fellow journalist in Jenin. .
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Oh, so, when it’s being done to you it’s occupation but when it’s being done to us, it’s ‘real democracy’?.
Congratulations to @netanyahu on winning the elections. It’s always important to see real democracy in action. 🇺🇦 & 🇮🇱 share common values & challenges that now require effective cooperation. We hope to open a new page in cooperation with the new 🇮🇱 Government for 🇺🇦&🇮🇱 benefit!.
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Syria, where the battleground is.Russia vs U.S. Iran vs Israel.Israel vs Hezb.Turkey vs Kurds .Kurds vs IS.IS vs Assad.Opp vs IS.Assad vs Opp.Turkey vs Assad.U.S. vs Iran.Hezb vs Opp.NATO vs NATO.Opp vs Kurds.U.S. vs U.S. Iran vs Opp.EU vs Refugees.War is almost over, they said.
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@IsraelMFA Your acts are inhumane too. Those who are responsible for such atrocities must definitely be prosecuted. Let's start with your crimes. We’ll never forget Deir Yassin, all our children taken in pieces from under the rubble in Gaza, and your bulldozers running over our dead. .
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Moroccans raising the Palestinian flag is not a provocation. It’s a sign that you all need to take off your blinkers and realise what’s really going on these days. Twenty dead Palestinians in the past twenty days, including several children. Don’t look away from injustice.
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Mazen had endured torture so cruel, so unimaginable, that his retellings carried an almost otherworldly weight. When he spoke, it was as if he stared into the face of death itself, pleading with the angel of mortality for just a little more time. .
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Memorabele avond. Veel dank voor alle reacties.
‘Ik ben daar een van hen.’ Joris Luyendijk en @sakirkhader praten over de mogelijkheid voor journalisitieke objectiviteit in conflict- en oorlogsgebieden. Kijk ‘VPRO Zomergasten’ t/m 25 augustus op NPO Start:
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Yet, every time he spoke, he was forced to relive the horrors. I can still picture the emptiness in his eyes—eyes that seemed to look past this world entirely. .
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This is the aftermath of an Israeli suicide drone attack. A cowardly weapon that flies straight towards people and explodes right in front of them. A murder machine made to kill as many Palestinians as possible.
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We failed to support him when he could no longer stand on his own. Mazen, I’m sorry that I was blind and ignorant, that I didn’t understand everything. I’m sorry that I too failed you.
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I’ll never forget the chain marks circling his wrists—ghostly reminders of his time in Sednaya, the notorious Syrian prison where hope went to die. .
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Earlier this morning, the Israelis again attacked the Jenin refugee camp. The Israeli army expected a force majeure where they could roam ‘freely’ in the streets of the refugee camp. .
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Syrian boy who survived this mornings heavy regime shelling on Aleppo's rebel-held Jub al-Qubba: 'I found my mother here, death.'
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Al jarenlang is dit een groot geheim. Maar nu eindelijk niet meer. Want als mij iets overkomt, dan wil ik niet dat dit onterechte label ter rechtvaardiging zal worden gebruikt.
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He had been freed only recently, and his journey to Europe was fueled by a fierce determination to confront injustice. Mazen was on fire with a mission to hold the regime accountable. .
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Eventually, Mazen was granted asylum in the Netherlands. But here, his extraordinary struggle became just another file in the towering stacks of a faceless bureaucratic system, one of tens of thousands. .
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Despite being in the Netherlands, he never felt safe. After all, he was living in a country that refused to listen to him. One of the most important war witnesses, yet treated more like a burden than someone in need of protection. .
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Grave developments are unfolding in Palestine, where the government has turned its forces against its own people. In a chilling display of violence, Palestinian special forces, police units, and presidential guards have attacked the Jenin refugee camp. .
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What if .the boy was your brother.the baby was your child.the girl was your sister.Aleppo was your city.
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Someone who lost his child in a strike asked me: ‘why are you still photographing? Is it possible that people dont know what’s happening in Syria?’ I havent found the answer. I constantly ask myself the question, why do I still take pics? Why do we take pics when nothing changes?
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Time to tell his story. Time to warn the world. Time to fight for justice before surrendering to the afterlife. .
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I spent countless hours with Mazen, attempting to grasp what torture truly means, to understand how someone survives such unrelenting pain, and how he remained standing, still so driven by a burning desire for justice. .
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Guys, I’m currently being held at Istanbul airport. They can’t let me in and say I’m a danger to public security based on terror laws etc. Tomorrow afternoon I will be deported.
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It was a moment I didn’t yet understand—the realization that he saw returning to Damascus as his only option. Going back to the slaughterhouse, it seemed, was a way out of the suffocating grip of the Dutch systems. .
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I was still too young to understand many things, too blind to see, but the Dutch system led Mazen to his death. He complained constantly about the authorities that kept increasing the pressure on him, making his life unbearable. .
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He remained in constant contact with people still in Syria, and with others who, like him, had been forced to flee their homes. He was a kind man, a man whose soul had been shattered into a thousand pieces by pain, yet somehow, he still managed to smile. .
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The authorities ramped up the pressure to such an extent that Mazen was driven to despair. His benefits were suddenly cut. As a result, he could no longer pay his rent and became entangled—both financially and mentally—in the ruthless grip of Western bureaucracy. .
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Often, he would prepare a Syrian breakfast, serve tea, and we would sit together at the kitchen table, the warmth of the meal almost a ritualistic moment of calm. The television was always on, a steady stream of news from Syria filling the room. .
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He was among the first to speak openly about the slaughterhouse—Hospital 601 in Damascus—where corpses piled up in the bathrooms, where he had to urinate over the bodies. .
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His broken soul clung to this purpose like a lifeline. Sharing his ordeal and battling for accountability became his anchor, his way of surviving, processing, and hoping. .
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They wanted him to perform manual labor, something like street sweeping. But Mazen had become paranoid. The trauma of his past had instilled a constant fear in him. He didn’t want to be seen in public spaces, where he felt vulnerable. .
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This man lost all of his sons during an American night raid on their village. All killed in front of him.
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He began traveling abroad—France, the United States, the United Kingdom. Everywhere he went, he told his story. At major conferences, he was heard, he was respected. Mazen became one of the most important witnesses against Assad’s regime. .
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The birds left the skies of Gaza and migrated. Buzzing fighter jets have occupied their clouds and are hunting the people of the land. The peaceful whistling has been replaced by loud explosions. The living streets are now filled with bodies wrapped in blood-soaked white sheets. .
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It’s not just the group of armed men who are responsible for the current wave of protests and attacks. It’s a whole generation of Palestinian youths who are tired of being oppressed and have absolutely nothing to lose….
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Syrian girl: Treating people disrespectfully for being born on the other side of the planet is called: Racism.
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Every time Mazen traveled abroad to testify against Assad and share his story of injustice, Dutch authorities increased the pressure on him. If he could travel, which they considered more like vacations, then he should be able to work. .
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This man is standing in front of the graves of his family. All killed in an American drone strike on Wardak.
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Meanwhile, things were deteriorating for Mazen. It became increasingly difficult for him to function in a society where he wasn’t heard or respected, and where his pain was downplayed. To the government, he was just one of many Syrians seeking asylum. Nothing more. .
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His life, in many ways, was defined by the revolution, by the unwavering hope that Assad would one day be brought to justice. “That dog must fall,” he would say, his voice a mix of fury and resolve. .
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Just keep looking at this picture of a man trying to bring his old mother to a 'safer' place in east Aleppo.
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I was young at the time, and curious about the aftermath of his imprisonment—how, in the wake of such brutality, he found a way to keep going. Mazen was always remarkably hospitable. .
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We failed to give the man the recognition he deserved. We failed to help him in his fight for justice. We failed to embrace him when he was alone, when he was on the verge of losing hope. We failed to provide him with safety when he felt none. .
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