Bahrain

Photo Hunters Under Fire: Bahrain

lvl120130926033517“Only a photo stands between them and the danger, a moment of repression or an intentional shot. They hold their equipment on their shoulders and chase the hard moments as quickly as the wind. They are the ‘snipers’ of the unrepeated moments and the expressions that save the hardest and most painful stories. They venture their lives to show people that Bahrain still has lots of stories to tell and is still alive as long as a photo reveals Bahrain’s pulse,” read the introduction of an exclusive report posted by Bahrain Mirror.

According to the report, the tyrannical regime made sure to suppress photos because they (photos) fix what the former wants to remove.
22-year-old sniper, Ahmad Ismail, was the first to be martyred, said the report. “He was directly shot to death when he was photographing one of the demonstrations in Salmabad using his own video camera.”

Meanwhile, according to the source, a number of photo snipers were arrested and tortured since the uprising suppression on March 2011, among them were photographers of global news agencies and holders of international awards in global photography competitions.

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