Iraq

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 22 March 2005 CPJ press release: IRAQ: Pentagon won’t reopen inquiry into Reuters’ abuse allegations New York, March 22, 2005 – The Pentagon will not reopen a military investigation that cleared U.S. troops of allegations that they abused three Reuters employees in Fallujah in January 2004, the news agency […]

(RSF/IFEX) – On the second anniversary of French cameraman Fred Nérac’s disappearance in southern Iraq, RSF again called on the British government to hand over the British military police’s full report on the investigation into the case to the French authorities and to Nérac’s family. “Fred Nérac’s family is still waiting to find out exactly […]

(RSF/IFEX) – On 11 March 2005, the independent daily “Al-Fourat” announced that Majed Fadhil Zaboun, editor of the paper’s culture section, was released after being held for 11 days by US troops at the Syrian border. He is said to be in very poor physical and psychological condition after being beaten, humiliated and repeatedly forced […]

(RSF/IFEX) – The killings of a camera operator and a bureau chief for Kurdistan-TV, the satellite television station of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), in the space of four days were condemned by RSF as “targeted murders aimed at intimidating a Kurdish news media outlet in Iraq.” On 13 March 2005, camera operator Hussam Hilal […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has called for the immediate release of Iraqi journalist Majed Fadhil Zaboun, of the independent daily “Al-Fourat”. Zaboun has been held by US military forces since he was arrested on the Syrian border, on 28 February 2005, as he was returning from a conference in Damascus. “This is not the first time […]

(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an IPI press release: Vienna, 8 March 2005 IPI Criticises Wounding of Italian Journalist On 4 March, journalist Giuliana Sgrena was wounded in the shoulder when US-led coalition forces fired on her. Nicola Calipari, an Italian secret service agent who was travelling in the same car as Sgrena, was killed […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: Freed Italian journalist wounded by coalition fire in Iraq New York, March 4, 2005 – Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena, held hostage in Iraq for a month, was wounded shortly after her release today and an Italian security agent was killed when U.S.-led coalition forces fired on […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: Four Media Killings Spark new IFJ Call over “Witch-hunt” of Journalists in Iraq The International Federation of Journalists today renewed calls for an end to the targeting and killing of journalists and media staff in Iraq following the brutal assassination of three journalists and a support […]

(RSF/IFEX) – The following is an RSF press release: Horror at treatment of Florence Aubenas apparent in video, call for more support “We found the video of Florence Aubenas and her appeal to be very disturbing,” Reporters Without Borders said. “We would like to concentrate on the fact that she is alive and that the […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has voiced horror at the murder of Iraqi journalist Raeda Mohammed Wageh Wazzan, of the regional public television station Iraqiya. Wazzan was found dead on 25 February 2005, five days after she and her son were kidnapped by masked gunmen in downtown Mosul. “We are horrified by this vile murder, for which […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has voiced alarm over a new wave of kidnappings in Iraq after Raeda Wazzan, an anchor for the local public television Iraqiya, was kidnapped on 20 February 2005 in Mosul, 390 km north of Baghdad. Wazzan is thought to have been abducted with her 10-year-old son. “With four journalists abducted in less […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has welcomed the release of Metro TV journalist Meutya Hafid and cameraman Budiyanto. The Indonesian journalists were abducted on 15 February 2005 in Ramadi, east of Baghdad. The Committee of Ulemas, Iraq’s main Sunni organisation, broke the news of their release on 21 February. Indonesia’s Foreign Ministry confirmed the report a few […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has voiced concern over the disappearance in Iraq of two Indonesian television journalists, reporter Meutya Hafid and her cameraman, identified only as Budiyanto. There has been no word of them since midday on 15 February 2005. The two work for Metro TV, Indonesia’s only 24-hour television news station. The organisation said it […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has expressed outrage and horror at a video broadcast on 16 February 2005 showing kidnapped Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena tearfully calling for her country to withdraw its troops from Iraq. “Nobody has forgotten the execution of her compatriot and colleague Enzo Baldoni, who was also forced to make such an appeal by […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: Gunmen kill Iraqi reporter, young son in Basra New York, February 9, 2005 – An Iraqi correspondent for the U.S.-funded television station Al-Hurra and his 3-year-old son were shot dead by unknown gunmen in the city of Basra today, according to Al-Hurra and international press reports. […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has firmly condemned the 9 February 2005 murder of Abdel Hussein Khazaal, a correspondent for the United States-financed, Arabic-language television station Al-Hurra, who was gunned down outside his home in the southern city of Basra. His three-year-old son, who was with him, was also killed. “This horrible act serves as a reminder […]