@deanprocterDean Procter
Harvard award honors slain #Libyacitizen journalist #cnnbit.ly/uHC9pz and True Talk met him bit.ly/sbthz7 #Mo I miss you
Mohammed "Mo" Nabbous started a livestream online that captured the Libyan regime's crackdown on protesters.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Mohammed "Mo" Nabbous streamed the regime's crackdown on protesters online
- When the Libyan uprising started in February, the nation was a black hole
- Snipers killed Nabbous in March
(CNN) -- Harvard University named a Libyan reporter killed by sniper fire as the recipient of a prestigious journalism award for risking his life to inform others.
Mohammed "Mo" Nabbous started a livestream online that captured the regime's crackdown on protesters in the nation during the uprising.
When the Libyan uprising started in February, the nation was a black hole as the regime retained an iron grip on information.
Nabbous, a 27-year-old technology expert, set up a command center that bypassed the regime's firewalls and jerry-rigged a live signal.
Snipers killed him in March while he was out reporting, a few weeks after he started the livestream.
The university's Nieman Fellows selected him as this year's recipient of the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism.
"At great danger to himself and with tremendous courage, Nabbous demonstrated the power of journalism in a country that hadn't known a free press in decades. He became the eyes and ears for the world, paying the ultimate price. And for that we honor him," the Nieman Fellows said in a statement Friday.
Nabbous and others like him risked their lives to inform the world of what was going on during the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings, the statement said.
His first child was born a few months after he died
Killing the free voice of Libya with a Shot to the head -Update 4-
Most recent tribute to Mo by Democracy Now
Recent tribute to Muhammad Nabbous who was killed by a sniper in Libya
This might have been his last post
Here is Muhammad pleading on behalf of the Libyan people.
Here is a tribute to a very young brave Libyan
Woke up to very sad news that MUHAMMAD NABBOUS who created Libya AlHurra TV was shot in the head by a sniper and passed away leaving behind a young pregnant wife. She herself found the courage to inform the world of his passing.
Here is a short conversation I had with Muhammad on Skype two few weeks ago
Samar Jarrah: do Libyans want USA to get involved?
[3/4/2011 9:07:06 AM] Libya Alhurra TV: nope
[3/4/2011 9:07:10 AM] Libya Alhurra TV: we don’t want another Iraq
Libya Alhurra TV: we are not giving up
[3/4/2011 9:07:02 AM] Libya Alhurra TV: not in this life time
Here is more BREAKING NEWS about Muhammad.
Muhammad’s killing must have been premeditated as he was one of the first people to bring the voices and images of Libya into the outside the world. His voice might have been silenced but not his cause and spirit. May his soon to be born child be proud of the parent he/she never met.
