Journalist leader dies after attack
Report, Reporters Without Borders (Mar 5, 2008)
The president of the Iraqi Journalists' Syndicate died on 27
February, four days after being seriously wounded when he was attacked
by unidentified gunmen in Baghdad.
Shihab al-Tamimi was wounded in the stomach, shoulder and face when his
car was hit by a hail of bullets in a targeted attack on 23 February.
He died in hospital on 27 February. Al-Tamimi's son Rabie was also in
the car and was injured in the attack.
Journalist freed in Mosul
Statement, Reporters Without Borders (Jan 4, 2008)
Reporters Without Borders has welcomed the release of Faisal Abbas
Ghazala, a correspondent for the satellite TV station Kolsat, on 21
December 2007 after more than a month in detention in Mosul, but called
on the Kurdistan regional government to show greater care and
moderation in its measures affecting the news media.
Eleven of Iraqi editor's relatives murdered in Baghdad
Statement, Reporters Without Borders (Dec 3, 2007)
Reporters Without Borders is shocked by the murders of 11 close
relatives of Dia al-Kawwaz, the Amman-based editor of the online
newspaper "Shabeqat Akhbar al-Iraq", in an attack on his family home on
25 November 2007 in Baghdad. Kawwaz recently received telephone threats
from Iraqi militia members.
Armed group puts bounty on state TV reporter's head
Statement, Reporters Without Borders (Oct 23, 2007)
Reporters Without Borders has called on the Iraqi authorities to
urgently establish a program for protecting journalists after an armed
group put a price on the head of public TV station Al-Iraqiya's
correspondent in Diyala, an eastern province where at least six
journalists have been murdered.
Climate of Fear Stymies Basra Reporters
Safa al-Mansoor and Dhiya al-Mussa, Institue for War and Peace Reporting (Oct 2, 2007)
As a reporter for a US-backed radio station in the southern city of
Basra, Majid al-Brekan had received threats before - but none like this. One day in late March, as Brekan slipped into the driver's seat of his
car in front of his house, he noticed three masked men riding on a
motorcycle behind him. Fearing trouble, Brekan quickly turned on his
ignition and slammed on the accelerator. The men shot and damaged his
car, but Brekan escaped without injury. The incident shook the journalist so much that he decided to flee his home city.
CPJ Letter of Support for Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act
Joel Simon, Committee to Protect Journalists (Sep 28, 2007)
The Committee to Protect Journalists
sent this letter to 14 bipartisan cosponsors of the Refugee
Crisis in Iraq Act, expressing support for the legislation, which
calls for increased US responsiveness to the refugee crisis in the
region. This legislation addresses many of the dire needs of Iraqi
journalists targeted for their work for media outlets based or funded
by the United States.
Media Worker Death Toll Reaches 200
Report, Reporters Without Borders (Sep 7, 2007)
An Iraqi translator for a United States' television network has been
found dead in Iraq, bringing the number of journalists and media
workers killed in the country since the start of the U.S.-led invasion
in March 2003 to 200.
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