Post by Moses on Oct 26, 2005 8:31:30 GMT -5
Iraq media death toll tops 100 since invasion
Jim Boumelha
Monday October 24, 2005
The murder of Mohammed Haroun Hassan, editor in chief of the popular Nabdh al-Shabab newspaper and executive secretary of the Iraq Journalists' Syndicate, brought the death toll in Iraq to more than 100 journalists and media staff killed since the US invasion in March 2003.
"This was an abhorrent attack on yet another journalist which highlights that media people are prime victims in the vicious cycle of violence," said Hayet Zeghiche, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) official in charge of the Iraq programme.
"It's about time the international community of journalists realised that Iraqi journalists make up the lion's share of the killed list. In this year alone, 31 out of the 32 journalists killed in Iraq were Iraqis."
The Iraqi Journalists' Syndicate was readmitted last July to the Federation of Arab Journalists.
In the past few months the IFJ has conducted more than 10 safety training sessions for journalists throughout Iraq. Haroun Hassan was on his way to meet a fellow editor when he was shot four times.
Jim Boumelha
Monday October 24, 2005
The murder of Mohammed Haroun Hassan, editor in chief of the popular Nabdh al-Shabab newspaper and executive secretary of the Iraq Journalists' Syndicate, brought the death toll in Iraq to more than 100 journalists and media staff killed since the US invasion in March 2003.
"This was an abhorrent attack on yet another journalist which highlights that media people are prime victims in the vicious cycle of violence," said Hayet Zeghiche, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) official in charge of the Iraq programme.
"It's about time the international community of journalists realised that Iraqi journalists make up the lion's share of the killed list. In this year alone, 31 out of the 32 journalists killed in Iraq were Iraqis."
The Iraqi Journalists' Syndicate was readmitted last July to the Federation of Arab Journalists.
In the past few months the IFJ has conducted more than 10 safety training sessions for journalists throughout Iraq. Haroun Hassan was on his way to meet a fellow editor when he was shot four times.