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| A Syrian opposition activist and her journalist daughter have been found murdered in their apartment in Istanbul, the Istanbul police department said on Friday. | A Syrian opposition activist and her journalist daughter have been found murdered in their apartment in Istanbul, the Istanbul police department said on Friday. |
| The bodies of 60-year-old Orouba Barakat and her 22-year-old daughter Halla were found overnight in their apartment in Istanbul’s Uskudar neighbourhood in the Asian side of the city. | The bodies of 60-year-old Orouba Barakat and her 22-year-old daughter Halla were found overnight in their apartment in Istanbul’s Uskudar neighbourhood in the Asian side of the city. |
| Orouba Barakat, a member of the Syrian Opposition Council, was reportedly investigating torture in government prisons in Syria. Turkish media said she had initially lived in Britain, then the United Arab Emirates before coming to Istanbul. | Orouba Barakat, a member of the Syrian Opposition Council, was reportedly investigating torture in government prisons in Syria. Turkish media said she had initially lived in Britain, then the United Arab Emirates before coming to Istanbul. |
| “The hand of tyranny and injustice assassinated my sister Doctor Orouba and her daughter Halla in their apartment in Istanbul,” Orouba’s sister Shaza wrote on Facebook, adding that they were stabbed to death. | “The hand of tyranny and injustice assassinated my sister Doctor Orouba and her daughter Halla in their apartment in Istanbul,” Orouba’s sister Shaza wrote on Facebook, adding that they were stabbed to death. |
| “Orouba wrote headlines in the first page and she pursued criminals and exposed them. Her name and her daughter’s name, Halla, now made first page headlines,” Shaza added. | “Orouba wrote headlines in the first page and she pursued criminals and exposed them. Her name and her daughter’s name, Halla, now made first page headlines,” Shaza added. |
| The two women were close friends of Kayla Mueller, the US aid worker who was kidnapped in Syria by Isis in August 2013 and killed 18 months later. | The two women were close friends of Kayla Mueller, the US aid worker who was kidnapped in Syria by Isis in August 2013 and killed 18 months later. |
| According to ABC news, the women were closely involved in efforts to negotiate Mueller’s release, and following her death were setting up a charity in her memory, to help Syrian women living in Turkish refugee camps. | According to ABC news, the women were closely involved in efforts to negotiate Mueller’s release, and following her death were setting up a charity in her memory, to help Syrian women living in Turkish refugee camps. |
| Orouba Barakat was also the aunt of one of three Muslim college students who were shot dead by a neighbour in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in 2015. | Orouba Barakat was also the aunt of one of three Muslim college students who were shot dead by a neighbour in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in 2015. |
| Deah Barakat, his wife Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and sister-in-law Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha were murdered in what their family described as a hate crime. | Deah Barakat, his wife Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and sister-in-law Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha were murdered in what their family described as a hate crime. |
| In a Facebook post, Orouba Baraka’s niece Suzanne wrote: “How many more beloved family members will I lose to hatred and violence? We are not safe anywhere.” | In a Facebook post, Orouba Baraka’s niece Suzanne wrote: “How many more beloved family members will I lose to hatred and violence? We are not safe anywhere.” |
| Halla Barakat, who was born in the USA, was a journalist on a website called Orient News. | Halla Barakat, who was born in the USA, was a journalist on a website called Orient News. |
| Describing her cousin, Suzanne Barakat wrote: “I’ll always remember Halla, whose name means beauty, as the little girl with golden curls and bright green eyes. She grew to become a dynamic, educated, kind, fun-loving, social justice-oriented individual, just like her mom.” | Describing her cousin, Suzanne Barakat wrote: “I’ll always remember Halla, whose name means beauty, as the little girl with golden curls and bright green eyes. She grew to become a dynamic, educated, kind, fun-loving, social justice-oriented individual, just like her mom.” |
| Since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011, Turkey has become home to almost three million Syrian refugees, many of them opponents of the regime of the president, Bashar al-Assad. | Since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011, Turkey has become home to almost three million Syrian refugees, many of them opponents of the regime of the president, Bashar al-Assad. |