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Syrian man jailed in Turkey for murdering Assad critic and her journalist daughter |
2018-03-15 |
[Hurriyet Daily News] A The bodies of Orouba Barakat and her daughter Halla were found in September in their apartment on Istanbul’s Asian side. Barakat, a prominent political opponent of the Syrian leader, Bashir al-Assad, had been investigating reports of torture in prisons run by the Syrian government, Her daughter, who was born in the U.S., was an editor at Orient Net, a pro-Syrian opposition website, and had also worked as a freelancer for the U.S. TV network ABC. Days after the killings, Police identified Ahmet Barakat by security footage and detained him after a three-day operation. Orient Net described Halla Barakat as an editor and investigator, and her mother as a prominent opponent of Assad. The U.S. state department said last year it was deeply saddened by their deaths and called Orouba’s work "courageous." |
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