(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: FOUR MISSING JOURNALISTS IN IRAQ ARE SAFE IN JORDAN New York, April 1, 2003 – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is pleased that four journalists-free-lance photographer Molly Bingham; Johan Rydeng Spanner, a free-lance photographer with the Danish daily Jyllands Posten; and correspondent Matthew McAllester and […]
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release:
FOUR MISSING JOURNALISTS IN IRAQ ARE SAFE IN JORDAN
New York, April 1, 2003 – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is pleased that four journalists-free-lance photographer Molly Bingham; Johan Rydeng Spanner, a free-lance photographer with the Danish daily Jyllands Posten; and correspondent Matthew McAllester and photographer Moises Saman, both with Newsday-who have been missing in Iraq since March 24, are in Jordan, headed to the capital, Amman.
CPJ was unable to confirm where the journalists were held for the last eight days.
Meanwhile, CPJ remains concerned about the fate of ITV News cameraman Fred Nerac and translator Hussein Othman, who were last seen in southern Iraq on March 22, when their car reportedly came under fire from apparent coalition forces.
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