Committee to Protect Bloggers » Ali Shafeya http://committeetoprotectbloggers.org Free speech for bloggers worldwide Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:28:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 en Ali Shafeya Has Been Killed http://committeetoprotectbloggers.org/2007/12/15/ali-shafeya-has-been-killed/ http://committeetoprotectbloggers.org/2007/12/15/ali-shafeya-has-been-killed/#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:04:48 +0000 Curt http://committeetoprotectbloggers.org/2007/12/15/ali-shafeya-has-been-killed/

AiB gathered $2,500.00 in donations for Ali’s family, who encouraged them to keep going. So here is there new ChipIn widget. The old campaign has ended.

Ali Shafeya Al-Moussawi, a correspondent with Alive in Baghdad, was killed yesterday in Habibya. Ali’s brothers were killed several years ago in the Firdos Square bombing and his father was kidnapped and killed after that. His mother and sister are all that remain of the family.

Brian Conley, the editor of Alive in Baghdad, is collecting donations for his funeral and to help his remaining family. You can contribute via the ChipIn widget above.

If you’re unfamiliar with AiB, it is an on-the-ground news gathering service, built up with native Iraqi journalists. They cover things foreign journalists can’t or won’t. They are, in spirit, bloggers. Ali was one of ours. Let’s take care of his family.

Updates below.

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