Iraq

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has condemned the fatal shooting in Baghdad of Iraqi television journalist Likaa Abdel-Razak on 27 October 2004. The killing “once again bears the hallmarks of an execution,” the organisation said. An interpreter and the driver of the taxi in which Abdel-Razak was travelling were also killed in the shooting, while a friend […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 19 October 2004 CPJ press release: Journalists in Danger: Facts on Iraq Numbers show growing, evolving dangers in covering conflict New York, October 19, 2004 – The conflict in Iraq has become one the most dangerous for journalists in recent history, and Iraqi journalists are bearing an ever-greater burden, […]

(IFJ/ MEAA/IFEX) – The following is a joint IFJ and MEAA media release: IFJ & Media Alliance welcome release of Australian journalist in Iraq The International Federation of Journalists and its affiliate in Australia, the Media Alliance, have today welcomed the release of Australian SBS journalist John Martinkus by Sunni militants and ex-Iraqi army officers […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has condemned the 14 October fatal shootings of two Iraqi journalists in Iraq. Television journalist Dina Mohammed Hassan was shot dead outside her home in Baghdad as she was leaving for work. Photographer Karam Hussein was gunned down outside his home in the northern city of Mosul. “We are extremely disturbed by […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 14 October 2004 CPJ press release: Iraq: Journalist killed in drive-by shooting in Baghdad New York, October 14, 2004 – An Iraqi reporter for a local Arabic-language television station was killed in a drive-by shooting today in Baghdad’s Adhamiya district. Dina Mohammed Hassan, a correspondent for Al-Hurriya TV, was […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has reiterated its call for the release of two French journalists and their Syrian guide as they complete a month in captivity. The organisation said it is “extremely concerned” about a 16 September 2004 statement posted on the Islamic Army of Iraq’s website saying the journalists are to be “tried.” “Georges Malbrunot, […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 12 September 2004 CPJ press release: IRAQ: Al-Arabiya reporter killed, two other journalists wounded in Baghdad fighting New York, September 12, 2004-A reporter for Al-Arabiya television was killed and two other journalists were wounded today after a U.S. helicopter fired missiles and machine guns to destroy a disabled American […]

(IPI/IFEX) – The following is a 7 September 2004 IPI press release: Vienna, 7 September 2004 IPI Says Continued Al-Jazeera Ban is Setback for Iraqi Democracy On 4 September, Iraq’s interim government decided to extend its ban on Al-Jazeera’s Baghdad bureau for an indefinite period. In support of the ban the Iraqi authorities apparently forced […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ press release: Al-Jazeera Under Fire: IFJ Condemns Iraqi Ban and Canada’s “Bizarre” Restrictions The International Federation of Journalists today condemned the decision by the Iraqi interim government to impose an indefinite ban on the Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera after a raid on the company’s offices at the weekend. […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has urged the Arabic news media, which have already been making unprecedented appeals for the release of kidnapped French journalists Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot, to once again publish the exact details of France’s law on the Islamic veil. “The abductors must be given precise information about the content of this law,” […]

(RSF/IFEX) – The following are two 29 August 2004 RSF statements: Reporters Without Borders appeals to religious chiefs to help save kidnapped French journalists Reporters Without Borders expressed “extreme concern” today at a threat to kill two kidnapped French journalists and called on the country’s top religious authorities – the Sunni Committee of Muslim Ulemas […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ press release: Journalists Mourn Loss of Italian Reporter In Iraq: “Senseless Killing of a Caring Colleague” The International Federation of Journalists today condemned the brutal assassination of Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni, who was taken hostage in Iraq as a desperate attempt by militants to force the Italian government […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: Iraq: Police storm Najaf hotel, detain and threaten dozens of journalists New York, August 26, 2004 – Iraqi police, some masked and firing weapons, threatened and detained dozens of journalists Wednesday night at a hotel in the southern city of Najaf, where U.S. forces have battled […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: Iraq: Italian journalist kidnapped; two French reporters still missing New York, August 24, 2004 – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is very concerned about the reported abduction in Iraq of Italian freelance journalist Enzo Baldoni, the 12th journalist kidnapped by an armed group in Iraq […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: Missing Journalists Spark IFJ Fears That Foreign Reporters Are Prime Targets In Iraq The news that two French journalists, George Malbrunot, working for Le Figaro newspaper, and Christian Chesnot, of Radio France Internationale, have not been heard from since last Thursday, and that the interpreter working […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is a 19 August 2004 press release: IFJ Calls for International Action as Militants in Iraq and Nepal Threaten to Kill Journalists The International Federation of Journalists called today for new international action to protect media staff as militant groups in Nepal and Iraq issued threats to kill journalists. The IFJ […]