#rami al-sayed

[theamericanbear]

Early this morning the bombardment of Homs was streamed live to the web by a citizen journalist. But as the forces loyal to Bashar Assad continued their attack on the restive city, the stream went quiet and never came back again.

Rami al-Sayed, the man who kept that live stream, was injured during the shelling on Bab Amr today. After bleeding for hours, he succumbed to his wounds. The last video on his YouTube channel, uploaded by his brother, shows al-Sayed's body in a makeshift hospital.

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[intervistato-blog]

At Storyful, in our almost two years of curating and verifying news and video content, we have always known that our work depends on the bravery and perseverance of citizen journalists in some of the most dangerous places in the world.

Today, we honor one of those citizen journalists, Rami al-Sayed, who gave his life in the cause of letting the world see what is happening inside his home country of Syria.

Rami was killed during the shelling of Homs on Tuesday, and the last video on his YouTube account, which has been the source of some of the most compelling video from Homs in recent months, was video of his own body, posted by his brother.

The video above shows Rami speaking during the first weeks of the assault on Homs by the Assad regime.