Al-Transitional appoints Nabil Al-Qayiti and calls on THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION of Journalists to contribute to the investigation
English - Tuesday 02 June 2020 الساعة 10:08 pm
Aden, newsyemen:
The Southern Transitional Council (NTC) mourned the death of world war photographer Nabil Hassan al-Qaiti in a terrorist attack that left tuesday afternoon in front of his home in Dar Saad district in the capital Aden.
In an obituary, seen by Newsyemen, the Council said: "World War photographer Nabil Al-Qayiti, winner of the Rory Beck Award for the world's bravest independent war photographer in the world, was recognized as one of the world's most daring and courageous war photographers, photographing and documenting wars from the middle of the flames of fire, and on the front lines of confrontations."
He added: He was also recently known as the most prominent war photographer who exposed by voice and image the crimes and attacks carried out by the militias of the Reform Party (Brothers of Yemen) in Abyan province.
He continued: "His camera also played a role in uncovering the defeats and setbacks received by these militias allied with al-Qaeda and ISIS, at the hands of the heroes of our valiant southern armed forces on various fronts, which made them to launch a campaign of threats and incitement against him."
The Ntc considered the martyrdom of photographer Nabil al-Qaiti, "reveals the narrowness of the forces of terrorism, extremism and aggression that are fighting an open war on our people, from the word and the image that exposes its crimes and terrorism, and reveals the falsity of its media claims based on the falsification of the word and image and the neck of the truth."
The statement said that as the heroic martyr Nabil Al-Qaiti exposed the lies and crimes of the occupying forces and extremist organizations allied with him alive, he and his martyrdom revealed their firm relationship to the crimes of terrorism, and that they sponsored and supported all acts of violence and assassinations that targeted and continue to target honorable, heroes and loyal people.
The Southern Transitional Council called on the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Arab Journalists Union to contribute to a transparent investigation that reveals the clues of this crime and those behind it and brings the perpetrators to justice to receive their just punishment.
The southern transitional, with sincere condolences and sympathy, extended to the family of the martyr, his children, his lovers and his colleagues, asking The Almighty to forgive the martyr with great mercy and forgiveness and to inspire his family and family with patience and fortitude.
