Iraq

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 4 October 2005 CPJ capsule report: Jailing Iraqi Journalists The Pentagon is silent as U.S. military imprisons local journalists By Ann Cooper Much has been said about what is and is not being reported in Iraq, but one thing is clear: Local, front-line journalists are not only risking their […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 29 September 2005 CPJ press release: IRAQ: U.S. military to address concerns for safety of Iraqi journalists New York, September 29, 2005–The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomed today a request by U.S. Senator John Warner, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, for the Pentagon to address concerns about […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 28 September 2005 CPJ press release and letter to U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld: Iraqi journalists routinely jailed by U.S. forces CPJ expresses ‘grave concern’ in letter to Rumsfeld New York, September 28, 2005–At least seven Iraqi reporters, photographers, and cameramen have been detained by U.S. forces for prolonged […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is a 27 September 2005 IFJ media release: IFJ Condemns Targeting of Iraqi Journalists and Calls on US Army to Release Television Reporter The International Federation of Journalists today expressed concern over the targeting of Iraqi journalists by military authorities and called on United States forces to release a leading television […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 22 September 2005 CPJ press release: Iraqi TV engineer killed in Mosul New York, September 22, 2005 – The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the shooting of an engineer working for al-Iraqiya television in Mosul, the third killing of an Iraqi media employee in the northern city in […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: IRAQ: Iraqi editor slain in Mosul, continuing a deadly trend New York, September 21, 2005 – An Iraqi editor working in the northern city of Mosul was gunned down outside his home on Tuesday, the third journalist killed in the country in four days and the […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 19 September 2005 CPJ press release: IRAQ: Two Iraqi journalists kidnapped and murdered in separate attacks New York, September 19, 2005 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the separate kidnapping and murder of two Iraqi journalists in the past two days. Fakher Haider of the New […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has voiced outrage at the murder of Fakher Haydar Al-Tamimi, an Iraqi journalist who worked for several foreign media outlets including “The New York Times”. He was kidnapped and then shot in the head on 19 September 2005 in the southern city of Basra. “We are very concerned about security in Basra […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 14 September 2005 CPJ press release: CPJ study: U.S. military consistently fails to probe journalist killings New York, September 14, 2005 – The U.S. military has failed to fully investigate the killing of journalists by its forces in Iraq and to implement its own recommendations to improve media safety, […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has called on the Iraqi army to explain at once why its soldiers shot and seriously wounded Associated Press Television News (APTN) cameraman Abdul Kamil Hassan on 7 September 2005. The organisation accused “those responsible for restoring order in Iraq – the Iraqi army and police and US troops” of becoming “serious […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has called for immediate sanctions against the US soldiers who fired on a Reuters television crew after US army spokesman Gen. Rick Lynch acknowledged on 1 September 2005 that American troops did indeed fire the shots that killed soundman Waleed Khaled and injured cameraman Haider Kadhem on 28 August. “We deplore the […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: Iraq: Reuters cameraman freed but U.S. still holds other journalists New York, August 31, 2005 – The U.S. military in Iraq today released a Reuters cameraman held for three days without charge, but it continued to hold another Reuters freelancer and at least four other journalists […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF said it is appalled by the news of the death of Iraqi television reporter Rafed Al Rubaii, who was covering a pro-Saddam demonstration in Diyala, east of Baghdad, on 27 August 2005 when a group of gunmen fired several shots in his direction before making off. A freelance contributor to the Iraqi […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has voiced outrage over the fatal shooting of Reuters TV soundman Waleed Khaled by US military sniper fire in Baghdad on 28 August 2005. The cameraman working with him, Haider Kadhem, sustained slight injuries and was detained by US soldiers. “This incident in which Khaled was deliberately gunned down by five shots […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: Iraq: Reuters Journalist Held without Charge by U.S. New York, August 24, 2005 – The Committee to Protect Journalists demands that the U.S. military explain why it is holding a freelance Iraqi photojournalist working for Reuters news agency or release him immediately. “U.S. officials must credibly […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is a 23 August 2005 IFJ media release: Defiant Iraqi Journalists Set Out Their Demands for Safety and a Democratic Media Culture The journalists of Iraq are determined to strive for unity, even in the face of a dangerous political impasse over the new Constitution. Meeting in Amman, Jordan last week […]