ISIS execute journalist after she tweets 'being killed by them is better than living under humiliation'

Gone: Citizen journalist Ruqia Hassan

A female journalist who tweeted that being killed by ISIS was better than living under their "humiliating" rules has been killed.
Ruqia Hassan, who also went by the name Nisan Ibrahim, was a reporter and activist for Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, a human rights group.
Abu Mohammed, founder of the group, tweeted that her last words were: "I’m in Raqqa and I received death threats, and when ISIS [arrests] me and kills me it’s ok because they will cut my head and I have dignity its better than I live in humiliation with ISIS [sic]"

1-the last words from Nissan Ibrahim Syrian activist who got executed by #ISIS was " im in Raqqa and I received pic.twitter.com/LNUHad0aYm

— Abu Mohammed (@Raqqa_sl1) January 2, 2016

Ruqia openly spoke out against the Islamic extremist group on a number of occasions.


One of her last Facebook posts mocked Isis for shutting down Wifi signals across Raqqa.
She wrote: "Go ahead and cut off our internet, our messenger pigeons won't complain."

#Raqqa 2-"Death threats and when #ISIS will Arrest me and kill me its ok Because they will cut my head and i have Dignity its better than"

— Abu Mohammed (@Raqqa_sl1) January 2, 2016

It is not known when she was killed, though her social media updates stopped on July 21 last year.
Her family were informed of her death just three days ago.


She is believed to be the first female citizen journalist to be killed for reporting within Syria .

#Raqqa 3-I live in Humiliation with #ISIS #RIP Nissan

— Abu Mohammed (@Raqqa_sl1) January 2, 2016

Ruqia's former colleague, journalist Furat al-Wafaa, said: "Ruqia continuously challenged IS and often reported on air strikes on Raqqa as they happened.
"They want their fighters and supporters to know that the Islamic State is capable of taking revenge against those who speak against them.”