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Well, try to find some relaxation if you can.

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. - Thank you, thank you.

And thank you for what you do.

I think the whole world is inspired by your efforts.

- And, uh, 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 risk their lives to tell the world

what's going on in their hometown of raqqa.

Both men were beheaded.

Perfect. Okay.

Okay.

Mm.

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.

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' claims

that the so-called islamic state is prosperous and thriving.

Hello?

Hello.

Naji jerf was shot in broad daylight

on a busy street in Southern Turkey

near the Syrian border.

Jerf worked with a group

known as raqqa is being slaughtered silently.

Hey, hey.

Okay.

Thank you.

One-way ticket!

Please leave 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 François 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 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

committed by Isis in Syria

comes from courageous citizens armed with smartphones.

The dozen activists are pulling back the curtain

on the horrors of Isis rule in their small city.

Mohamad mousara 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 raqqa is being slaughtered silently.

Thank you.

Members of raqqa is being slaughtered silently

are no different from any one of you.

We love our home, and we have dreams

of raising a family and living happy.

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 the entire people of the city of raqqa.

Thank you.

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