[man speaking in Arabic]
[static screech]
[scanner beeps, buzzes]
[man] Well, try to find some relaxation.
Yeah, actually we always found some relax.
After the long day of working at night
we have some way to find fun,
especially here in New York...
- Well, congratulations on... - Thank you, thank you.
And thank you for what you do.
I mean, I think the whole world is inspired by your efforts.
- Thank you. - And keep fighting.
Thank you.
[people speaking Arabic]
[camera shutter clicking]
[photographer] Fabulous.
Okay.
Maybe a little smile.
- [men chuckling] - Possibly.
[photographer] You're so serious, my friend.
[people chattering]
[man] Everyone in this room
can name real journalistic heroes,
and yet the men and women
of Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently
are somehow singular.
They work in secret and under constant threat,
reporting on the depredations of ISIS in their home city.
Some have fled in fear for their own lives.
Even in exile, they are in no way safe.
[audience applauding]
It's incredibly, incredibly humbling
to present the 2015 International Press Freedom Award
to the brave men and women
of Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently.
[audience applauding]
[no audible dialogue]
[man speaking in Arabic]
[singing in Arabic]
[man continuing in Arabic]
[people cheering]
[chanting in Arabic]
[girl speaking, crowd answering]
[man speaking in Arabic]
[children chanting in Arabic]
[man continuing in Arabic]
[demonstrators chanting in Arabic]
[men yelling]
[rapid gunfire]
[yelling] [gunfire continues]
[man in crowd yelling]
[man speaking in Arabic]
[chanting]
[Aziz continues speaking in Arabic]
[Mohamad speaking in Arabic]
[chanting]
[Mohamad continues]
[Mohamad speaking in Arabic]
[chanting]
[Hamoud speaking in Arabic]
[people yelling]
[Hamoud continues]
[explosions]
[rapid gunfire]
[people yelling]
[Hamoud continues]
[people yelling]
[man speaking in Arabic]
[people yelling]
[footsteps on stone]
[Al-Baghdadi speaking in Arabic]
[followers repeating]
[Al-Baghdadi continues]
[horns honking]
[Al-Baghdadi continues]
[man chanting in Arabic]
[Aziz speaking]
[horn honking]
[Hamoud speaking]
[rumbling] [audio squeals]
[man speaking in Arabic over PA]
[crowd yelling]
[guns firing]
[Aziz Speaking]
[man speaking in Arabic]
[crowd chanting]
[Aziz speaking]
[man speaking in Arabic over PA]
[Aziz speaking]
[man speaking in Arabic]
[Aziz speaking]
[people chattering]
[Aziz speaking]
[female reporter] Public executions
in what was Raqqa's Paradise Square.
Anyone considered an enemy of ISIS
is killed here, their bodies put on display.
[Aziz speaking]
[cheering]
[Aziz speaking]
[man speaking over PA]
[Aziz speaking]
[soldier speaking]
[man speaking]
[soldier speaks]
[Aziz speaking]
[men chattering]
[soldier speaking]
[Aziz speaking]
[male reporter] By the time the emergency services showed up,
all they could do was carry out the bodies
of Fares Hamadi and Ibrahim Abdul Qader.
Both were members of a group of activists
who risked their lives
to tell the world what's going on in their home town of Raqqa.
Both men were beheaded.
[Aziz speaking]
[man chanting]
[music playing through speakers]
[Mohamad speaking]
[phone chiming melody]
[Mohamad laughs]
[man speaks over phone]
[static crackling]
[distorted voice speaking]
[Ibrahim speaking]
[static crackles, squeals]
[beeps]
[knock on door]
[speaking Arabic]
[Aziz speaking]
[Mohamad speaking]
[Aziz speaking]
[Mohamad speaking]
[Aziz speaking]
[Mohamad speaking]
[Hamoud speaking]
[Aziz speaking]
[singing along with music on speakers]
[Aziz speaking]
[train whistle blowing]
[Aziz speaking]
[Aziz speaking English]
[phone pings]
[sighs]
[people chattering]
- [producer] Perfect. - [translator] Okay.
[translator speaking in Arabic]
[translator] Okay...
[translator speaking]
[man speaking English over speaker]
[Hamoud speaking]
[Aziz speaks Arabic]
[man over speaker]
Aallahu Akbar.
[gun firing]
Aallahu Akbar!
[clears throat]
[speaking Arabic]
[man singing prayer]
[Aziz speaking in Arabic]
[camera shutter clicking]
[Aziz speaking]
[children shouting]
[Aziz speaking]
[Mohamad speaking]
[Aziz] Hmm.
[Hamoud speaking]
[pings]
[Aziz speaking]
[man over phone speaks]
[female reporter] ISIS propaganda photos
purport to show a calm city.
Its fighters boast about enjoying their favorite imported food.
But these photos show otherwise,
say activists inside Raqqa.
Children line up for handouts
at an emergency soup kitchen.
Chronic food shortages and hyperinflation,
hospitals are empty of supplies,
the start of a terrifying cycle to daily life
in the ISIS stronghold.
[Aziz speaking]
[Hamoud speaking]
[Hamoud continuing over man speaking in Arabic]
[guns firing]
[people chattering in Arabic]
[man] For the sake of Allah.
[singing] For the sake of Allah
We will march to the gates
Of the paradise
Where our maidens await
[Hamoud speaking]
[whooshing]
[explosion]
[Hamoud speaking]
[gun fires]
- [engine revving] - [Hamoud continues]
[Hamoud continues]
[man speaking Arabic over speakers]
[Hamoud speaking]
[Hamoud's father]
[distorted voice speaking]
[gun firing]
[gunfire continues]
[Hamoud speaking]
[speaking Arabic]
- [man speaks] - [Hamoud mutters]
[man] Are you okay?
[sighs]
[Hassan]
[Hamoud speaking]
[speaking in distorted voice]
[Raqqa 12]
[Hamoud speaking]
[man speaking in Arabic over speaker]
[device beeps]
[Hamoud speaking]
[Hamoud continues]
[speaking in distorted voice]
[camera shutter clicks]
[Raqqa 12, continued]
[camera shutter clicks]
[phone chiming]
[Mohamad]
[Ibrahim]
[Mohamad]
[whispering]
[Ibrahim]
[phone beeps]
[Mohamad]
[female reporter] Videos smuggled out of the ISIS stronghold
and used by media outlets
are the only way to see what life is like
under extremist rule.
[male reporter] Videos designed to embarrass ISIS,
contrary to ISIS's claims
that the so-called Islamic State
is prosperous and thriving.
[distorted voice]
[Raqqa 12, continuing]
[woman speaking on PA]
[phone chiming]
[man and woman speaking in foreign language]
Hello.
[man speaking on over phone]
[Aziz speaking]
[female reporter speaking Arabic]
[female reporter 2] Naji Jerf was shot in broad daylight
on a busy street in Southern Turkey,
near the Syrian Border.
Jerf worked with the group known as
Raqqa is being Slaughtered Silently.
[no audible dialogue]
[woman, weeping]
[crowd chanting]
[Aziz speaking]
[phone chiming]
[Aziz speaking]
[Mohamad]
[Aziz speaking]
[Mohamad]
[Aziz speaking]
[Mohamad] Hey... Hey...
[Aziz speaking]
[Mohamad]
[Rose replies in Arabic]
[Mohamad]
[Rose]
[Mohamad]
[Rose]
[Mohamad mutters]
- Mmm. - [man speaks in foreign language]
[man weeping]
[Mohamad]
[creaking]
[lighter clicks]
[typing on keyboard]
[computer beeps]
[phone dings]
[Sarmad]
[phone ringing]
[Sarmad]
[Aziz speaking]
[man]
[man 2]
[chattering]
[ISIS member]
[Aziz Speaking]
[ISIS member]
[Aziz speaking]
[man]
[Hassan]
[Aziz speaking]
[chattering]
[Aziz speaking]
[subway braking]
[Sarmad laughing]
[Sarmad]
[chattering]
[man]
[Sarmad sobbing]
[sobbing continues]
[man]
[Aziz speaking]
[man]
[Aziz speaking]
[man]
[Aziz speaking]
[chattering]
[Aziz speaking]
[accordion playing]
[chattering]
[Mohamad]
[Rose]
[Mohamad]
[man yells]
[all laugh]
[Mohamad]
[on phone]
[Mohamad]
[brakes screeching]
[woman singing in foreign language over speakers
[Hamoud speaking]
[Aziz speaking]
[boy]
[man]
[boy chants]
[Aziz speaking]
[chanting]
[Aziz speaking]
[chanting continues]
[Raqqa 12, distorted]
[distorted voice]
[children yelling]
[Aziz speaking English]
Thank you.
[applause]
[speaking in Arabic]
[indistinct chattering]
[Aziz speaking in Arabic]
[bell tolling]
[man speaking in German]
[crowd cheering]
[speaking in German]
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting]
[crowd continues chanting]
[speaking in Arabic]
[chanting continues]
[speaking in Arabic]
Please go on this side open to the people who are walking.
[chanting]
[chanting in German]
[chanting continues]
[chattering in Arabic]
[whistles blowing]
[dog barking]
[wind gusting]
[Sfef speaking]
[Abu Sheif speaking]
[woman speaking over phone]
[Mohamad speaking]
[man speaking]
[people yelling]
[explosion]
[Sfef speaking]
[Mohamad speaking]
[Rose speaking]
[Mohamad speaking]
[Sfef speaking]
[Rose speaking]
[Mohamad speaking]
[explosions]
[indistinct chatter]
[Aziz speaking]
- [chattering] - [ship horn blows]
[chattering continues]
[phone rings]
- [phone pings] - [phone rings]
[Aziz speaking]
[Arabic music playing]
[female reporter]
[male reporter]
[female reporter] In France ISIS has claimed responsibility
for the fatal stabbing of a French Police Commander.
French President Francois Hollande called the killing
uncontestably a terrorist act.
[Hussam speaking]
[crowd screaming]
[female reporter 2] The last 18 months has seen France suffer three deadly attacks.
[man speaking in French]
[male reporter] 50 killed in that shooting overnight at the Pulse nightclub,
far and away now the worst mass shooting now in American history.
[female reporter 3] Radicals who appear to have been inspired by ISIS.
- [explosion] - [glass shattering]
[screaming]
[male reporter 2] ISIS says it was behind a deadly attack in Berlin
where this truck plowed through a holiday market
killing at least a dozen people.
[Hussam]
[Aziz speaking]
[chattering]
[Mohamad]
[Hamoud speaking]
[Mohamad]
[Aziz speaking]
[all laughing]
[man]
[all]
[Mohamad]
[Hamoud speaking]
[Aziz speaking]
[all]
[Hamoud speaking]
[Aziz speaking]
[male reporter] Much of what we know about atrocities
is committed by ISIS in Syria
comes from courageous citizens armed with smart phones.
[female reporter] The activists are pulling back the curtain
on the horrors of ISIS ruining their small city.
[female reporter 2] Mohamad Masara is a former high school math teacher
who helped found the Raqqa group.
"I need to stay alive," Mohamad told us.
"Keep getting the word out."
[speaking in English]
- Thank you. - [applause]
[applause]
[man] It's incredibly, incredibly humbling
to present the 2015 International Press Freedom Award
to the brave men and women
of Ragga is Being Slaughtered Silently.
[applause]
[applause continues]
Thank you.
Members of Ragga is Being Slaughtered Silently
are no different from any one of you.
[Aziz] We love our home and have dreams
of raising a family and living happily.
The evil which began in Syria will not stop there.
The power of good that is given to us by God
should be used to confront the evil.
We dedicate this award to our friends who gave their lives.
We also dedicate this award to undercover heroes of our campaigns
and to the entire people of the city of Raqqa.
- Thank you. - [applause]
[Hussam]
[laughing]
[music playing from speakers]
[singing in Arabic]
[singing continues]
[all laughing]
[song ends]
[Aziz speaking]
- [man] Hello. - [Aziz] Hello.
[chattering]
[woman]
[Aziz speaking]
[woman]
[Aziz speaking]
[man]
[Aziz speaking]
[man]
[Aziz speaking]
[man]
[Aziz speaking]
[woman]
[Aziz speaking]
[woman]
[Aziz speaking]
[woman]
[woman speaking in English]
[Aziz speaking in English]
[woman]
[exhales]
[speaking in English]
[phone thuds]
[exhales]
[Aziz speaking in Arabic]
[indistinct chatter]
[Aziz speaking]
[Hamoud speaking]
[Aziz speaking]
[baby crying]
[Hamoud speaking]
[baby stops crying]
[Hamoud speaking]
[Aziz speaking]
[indistinct]
[Aziz speaking]
[Hamoud speaking]
[chanting in foreign language]
[singing in foreign language]
[continues]
[song ends]