Abdelaziz Alhamza

Aziz is a co-founder and the spokesman for Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently. He is 25-years-old and currently lives in exile in Germany. Aziz grew up in Raqqa and was a biology student at Raqqa University. While in school, Aziz was active in the Syrian revolution and began organizing protests against Bashar Al Assad and the Syrian government. After ISIS invaded Raqqa in 2014, Aziz co-founded RBSS to report on the human rights abuses committed by ISIS in his hometown. As a result of his work, Aziz was arrested several times and was tortured while being detained. Under constant threat from both ISIS and the Assad government, Aziz was forced to flee Raqqa and eventually sought asylum in Germany. Now based in Europe, Aziz regularly speaks to the world press and has recently been a featured speaker at the United Nations, the German Council on Foreign Affairs, the Oslo Freedom Forum as well as various other foreign policy conferences to draw attention to the atrocities happening in Raqqa under ISIS rule.