![]() The very high percentage (90%) of deaths in supposedly peaceful areas is - as with the suggestion that France is a riskier environment than Yemen - a slightly skewed statistic. This is international summary "justice" for challenging a politician or crossing a criminal, proof that journalists are not endangered only when working in warzones. Sambrook also noted that a lmost all of those killed had been working locally, and many had been trying to expose crime and corruption.Īcross three continents, the modus operandi is remarkably similar: one or two men on a motorbike zoom in and fire a few shots as their target is leaving home, arriving at the office or just waiting at a bus stop. The consequence of all this is that the public know less about the world than they should, and the killing of journalists is increasingly seen as a political act or means of censorship.” ![]() Richard Sambrook, professor of journalism at Cardiff and chairman of INSI, said: “So far this year seven journalists have been decapitated by jihadist groups - a figure unthinkable a few years ago. But when you look at the INSI website - and, indeed, that of the Committee to Protect Journalists - it is doubly shocking to note how little is known about so many of the non-Western victims and how little is done to chase down their killers. Some of these deaths received huge attention - the Charlie Hebdo massacre that resulted in France becoming statistically the most dangerous environment for journalists - and the Isis murder of the Japanese freelance Kenji Goto. ![]() It reports that 60 journalists and support workers were killed in the first six months of this year. ![]() INSI's twice-yearly survey Killing the Messenger has just been released, and very sobering it is, too. Our newspapers and broadcasters cannot, of course, be expected to record every journalistic death, so it comes as a shock even to those of us within the industry when the figures are collated, as they have been by the International News Safety Institute in conjunction with the Cardiff School of Journalism. Known victims this year include the photographer Adnan Abdul Razzaq, the newspaper editor Thaer al-Ali, and television producer Feras Yasin. The Iraqi Journalists Syndicate believes that at least 14 journalists have been murdered by Isis in Mosul since it took control there last June. Isis broke into her home, then held her captive for several days before sentencing her to death for espionage and spreading false propaganda. She then switched to offering stories to news agencies. The murders last week received little attention in the Isis-obsessed British media.Įven the "trial" and "execution" of a woman journalist in Iraq did not cause a stir. Suha Ahmed Radi had been a reporter on a Mosul newspaper until Isis overran the city last year. After confessing on video, the two were tied to a tree and shot in the head. Although in his case he was shot rather than beheaded.Īl-Habib, 21, had been abducted in Raqqa in Syria and accused, alongside fellow media activist Bahsar Abdul Atheem, 20, of photographing oil wells and distributing anti-Sharia leaflets. Like Foley, he met his end dressed in a symbolic orange prisoner's jumpsuit, the "star" of a snuff propaganda video. ![]() And, like Foley, he was murdered by Isis. We know who Peter Greste is, but does the name Mahmoud Abou Zeid ring a bell?Īl-Habib was, like Foley, a journalist. We remember James Foley, but what about Faisal al-Habib? ![]()
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