Quweiq River's Massacre

• Prize
• Photographer
  JM Lopez, Spain

On January 29, 2013 the bodies of at least 68 unidentified young men and boys, all executed with a single gunshot to the head or neck, were found in the Quweiq River, which separates the Bustan al-Qasr district from Ansari in the southwest of Aleppo, in a rebel-held area, adding to the grim list of massacres committed during Syria's war. One month and a half later more than 30 bodies were found at the same place and in the same way. Syria's opposition charged that 'global inaction' was giving Bashar al-Assad's regime a license to kill.

• Awards
  2015 - Shortlisted Sony World Photography Awards Lifestyle Category 2014 - 3rd Place Px3 Prix de la Photographie Paris Press Category - Gold Medal Px3 Prix de la Photographie Press/General News. - Silver Medal Px3 Prix de la Photographie Press/War. - 1st Place People’s Choice Awards Press/War. - Two Honorable Mention International Photography Awards (IPA) Editorial Category. - Winner PDN Photo Annual Award. 2013 - 1st Place International Photography Awards (IPA) Editorial General News. - Four Honorable Mention International Photography Awards (IPA) Editorial Category. - Selected La Quatrième Image Exhibition, Paris. 2012 - Nominated Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund. - 3rd Place International Photography Awards (IPA) Editorial General News. - Shortlisted Vienna International Photo Awards for Documentary Photography. 2011 - 2nd Place UNICEF Photo of the Year Award. - Award-winning ANI-Pix Palace, Visa Pour L’Image, Perpignan. 2010 - Finalist International Prize of Photojournalism City of Gijon. - Finalist Roberto Villagraz Scholarship. - Finalist International Prize Caja España B/N Photography. 2006 - Honorable Mention Albarracin Photo Festival Scholarship. - Finalist International Prize of Photojournalism City of Gijon. 2005 - Finalist International Prize of Photojournalism City of Gijon. 2003 - 1st Place Fujifilm Euro Press Photo Awards, National Feature Category. 2000 - Finalist Francisco Cossio Award of Journalism, Photography Category.