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.
Fabulous.
Okay.
Maybe a little smile.
Possibly.
You're so serious, my friend.
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.
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.
Public executions
in what was Raqqa's Paradise Square.
Anyone considered an enemy of ISIS
is killed here, their bodies put on display.
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.
- Perfect. - Okay.
Okay...
Aallahu Akbar.
Aallahu Akbar!
Hmm.
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.
For the sake of Allah.
For the sake of Allah
We will march to the gates
Of the paradise
Where our maidens await
Are you okay?
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.
Videos designed to embarrass ISIS,
contrary to ISIS's claims
that the so-called Islamic State
is prosperous and thriving.
Hello.
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.
Hey... Hey...
Mmm.
[woman singing in foreign language over speakers
Thank you.
Please go on this side open to the people who are walking.
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.
The last 18 months has seen France suffer three deadly attacks.
50 killed in that shooting overnight at the Pulse nightclub,
far and away now the worst mass shooting now in American history.
Radicals who appear to have been inspired by ISIS.
ISIS says it was behind a deadly attack in Berlin
where this truck plowed through a holiday market
killing at least a dozen people.
Much of what we know about atrocities
is committed by ISIS in Syria
comes from courageous citizens armed with smart phones.
The activists are pulling back the curtain
on the horrors of ISIS ruining their small city.
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."
Thank you.
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.
Thank you.
Members of Ragga is Being Slaughtered Silently
are no different from any one of you.
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.
- Hello. - Hello.