Protest to Highlight Plight of Iraqi Journalists
Posted by
Julie Tomlin
on 12 June 2006 at 15:59
Tags: International, Iraq, Journalism
A day of protest on 15 June - Iraq’s National Day of the Press -Â will draw attention to the “unspeakable suffering” of journalists in the country.
The International Federation of Journalists has counted at least 129 media victims since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. Violence by extremists and targeting of journalists by warring factions is cited as the major threat. The satellite channel Al-Arabiya puts the figure at 144.
“No journalist and no journalists’ group in the world is untouched by the routine intimidation of media and the rising death toll among our Iraqi colleagues,” said Aidan White,General Secretary of the IFJ. “We mourn, but we also demand action to end this slaughter.”
Tags: International, Iraq, Journalism
