CPJ welcomes release of freelance reporter Jill Carroll
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: CPJ welcomes release of Jill Carroll New York, March 30, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes today’s release of Jill Carroll, a freelance reporter on assignment for The Christian Science Monitor who had been held captive in Iraq for nearly three months. Carroll was […]
U.S. military pledges to expedite cases of journalists detained in Iraq
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 24 March 2006 CPJ press release: U.S. military pledges to expedite cases of detained journalists New York, March 24, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes U.S. officials’ pledge this week to begin prompt, high-level reviews of cases in which journalists are detained by troops in Iraq. CPJ […]
Kurdish-born Austrian cyber-dissident jailed for 18 months for online “defamation”
(RSF/IFEX) – Austrian national of Kurdish origin, Kamal Sayid Qadir, who was arrested five months ago for posting “defamatory” articles about the authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. At an earlier hearing he had been handed down a sentence, since cancelled, of 30 years imprisonment on exactly the same […]
Un quatrième journaliste enlevé depuis le début de l’année
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters sans frontières demande la libération immédiate d’Ali Abdullah Fayad, journaliste au trihebdomadaire privé “Al Safir”, enlevé par une organisation inconnue, le 21 mars 2006, dans le quartier de Kout au sud-est de Bagdad. “Cet enlèvement s’inscrit dans une vague de kidnappings qui s’est rapidement étendue ces trois derniers mois. Après Jill Carroll, […]
A fourth journalist kidnapped since the start of the year
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has called for the immediate release of Ali Abdullah Fayad, journalist from the privately-owned tri-weekly “al Safir”, who was kidnapped by an unknown group in Kut, south-east of Baghdad on 21 March 2006. “This kidnapping is part of a wave of abductions which have rapidly increased in these last three […]
Kurdish journalist detained, assaulted, faces prosecution for article criticising regional political parties
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: Iraq: Kurdish journalist detained, faces prosecution New York, March 22, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the detention and prosecution of a Kurdish journalist who was seized by Kurdish security forces in northern Iraq. On March 17, security forces affiliated with the Patriotic […]
CBS cameraman faces trial in Iraq
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 21 March 2006 CPJ press release: SOURCE: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), New York In Iraq, CBS cameraman faces trial Wednesday New York, March 21, 2006 – An Iraqi cameraman held by U.S. forces for nearly a year without charge will stand trial in Baghdad on Wednesday, CBS News […]
Eighty-six journalists and media assistants killed and 38 kidnapped during three years of war: RSF report
(RSF/IFEX) – The following is a 20 March 2006 RSF press release: Slaughter in Iraq: 86 journalists and media assistants have been killed and 38 have been kidnapped during three years of war The war in Iraq has proved to be the deadliest for journalists since World War II. A total of 86 journalists and […]
Murder top cause of journalist deaths in Iraq, CPJ finds; local journalists increasingly targeted
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 17 March 2006 CPJ press release: In Iraq, murder top cause of journalist deaths Local journalists increasingly targeted, CPJ finds New York, March 17, 2006 – Murder has overtaken crossfire and other acts of war as the leading cause of work-related deaths among journalists and media support workers in […]
Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for murder of Al-Iraqiya programming head Amjad Hameed
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 13 March 2006 CPJ press release: IRAQ: Insurgents kill head of Iraq state television New York, March 13, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murder of Amjad Hameed, head of programming for Iraq’s state television channel Al-Iraqiya. Gunmen apparently affiliated to Al-Qaeda killed Hameed and his […]
Court absolves US military of criminal responsibility in journalists’ deaths; IFJ concerned over “culture of impunity”
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: As Iraq Media Death Toll Soars IFJ Warns United States Over “Culture of Impunity” The International Federation of Journalists today said that the failure of the United States to respond to calls for independent investigation of cases where journalists and media staff have been killed by […]
Editor Muhsin Khudhair gunned down in Baghdad
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: Iraqi editor gunned down in Baghdad New York, March 14, 2006 – Muhsin Khudhair, editor of the news magazine Alef Ba, was killed by unidentified gunmen near his home in Baghdad Monday night, becoming the third journalist killed in Iraq in the last week, Reuters and […]
Al-Iraqiya’s director murdered, two arrests made
(RSF/IFEX) – Two people have been arrested in Abu Ghraib, 20 km west of Baghdad, for the 11 March 2006 murder of Al-Iraqiya television station director Amjad Hameed Hassan and his driver Anwar Turki. The arrests follow the appearance of a message from the Mujahideen Consultative Council (MCC) on its website, claiming responsibility for the […]
TV presenter murdered, station attacked and threatened for its reporting
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: IRAQ: TV presenter murdered, station attacked and threatened for its reporting New York, March 9, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the killing of presenter Munsuf Abdallah al-Khaldi of the Iraqi television station Baghdad TV which has been threatened and shelled by insurgents. Unidentified […]
RSF calls for release of imprisoned cyber-dissident Kamal Sayid Qadir, subject to torture and death threats
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has urged the UN in Iraq and the Austrian president to intervene on behalf of cyberdissident Kamal Sayid Qadir. RSF wrote on 3 March 2006 to the UN Human Rights mission in Iraq, and to Austrian president Heinz Fischer, urging them to make contact with the authorities in Iraqi […]
Three Iraqi media workers killed; increasing violence a “catastrophe for journalism”, says IFJ
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: Iraq Drift to Civil War a “Catastrophe for Journalism” Warns IFJ After New Killings The International Federation of Journalists today warned that the escalating violence in Iraq, which has seen a number of journalists killed in recent days, is forcing all media – both local and […]