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36 JOURNALISTS KILLED FOR THEIR WORK IN 2003 |
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by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
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02 Jan 2004
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More than a third killed during conflict in Iraq |
New York, January 2, 2004—A total of 36 journalists were killed worldwide as a direct result of their work in 2003, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). This is a sharp increase from 2002, when 19 journalists were killed. The war in Iraq was the primary reason for the increase, as 13 journalists, more than a third of this year's casualties, were killed in hostile actions.
In fact, according to CPJ's statistics, the death toll in Iraq was the highest annual total from a single country since 24 journalists were killed in Algeria in 1995 at the height of civil strife between the government and Islamist militants.
"The war that began in March posed many hazards for journalists, but seasoned war correspondents tell us that even in the post-war period Iraq remains the most dangerous assignment they have ever had," said CPJ Executive Director Ann Cooper. Among the risks they face are banditry, shootings, and bomb attacks that make Iraq risky for everyone—local residents, as well as foreigners.
"On top of those risks, it has been particularly troubling to see at least four journalists killed as a result of U.S. military actions in Iraq, and CPJ continues to demand a full public accounting from the Pentagon for these incidents," added Cooper.
In addition to the 13 journalists killed by hostile acts in Iraq this year, another six died from illness or traffic accidents while covering the war, bringing the death toll there to 19.
In the Middle East's other major conflict, two journalists were killed by Israeli army gunfire in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, bringing to six the number of journalists killed since the Palestinian Intifada began in 2000.
War and other conflicts were not the greatest threats to journalists in much of the rest of the world, however. Nearly all the journalists killed outside Iraq were deliberately targeted, often in direct reprisal for their critical reporting. Confirming a long-term trend documented by CPJ, those who carried out or ordered the killings did so with impunity.
In the Philippines, five journalists were killed for covering local corruption or criticizing public officials. In Colombia, three journalists were murdered because of their work and one was killed in crossfire. And in Russia, the editor-in-chief of an independent publication known for its reporting on organized crime, government corruption, and dubious corporate deals was stabbed to death outside his home. He was the newspaper's second editor-in-chief to be murdered in 18 months.
CPJ researchers apply stringent guidelines and journalistic standards to determine whether journalists were killed on assignment or as a direct result of their professional work. By publicizing and protesting these killings, CPJ works to help change the conditions that foster violence against journalists. The death toll that CPJ compiles each year is one of the most widely cited measures of press freedom worldwide.
In addition to the 2003 cases described in this report, CPJ continues to investigate four journalists who are missing (http://www.cpj.org/Briefings/2003/missing_list_03.html) and 12 whose killings may have been related to their professional work.
CPJ also maintains a list of journalists killed over the last decade (http://www.cpj.org/killed/Ten_Year_Killed/Intro.html), along with relevant statistics.
Below is a list of journalists killed for their work in 2003. For details on each case, including the 12 deaths that CPJ continues to investigate, see the full list.
Journalists Killed In 2003 Because of Their Work
BRAZIL: 2
* Nicanor Linhares Batista, Rádio Vale do Jaguaribe, June 30, 2003, Limoeiro do Norte
* Luiz Antônio da Costa, Época, July 23, 2003, São Bernardo do Campo
CAMBODIA: 1
* Chou Chetharith, Ta Prum, October 18, 2003, Phnom Penh
COLOMBIA: 4
* Luis Eduardo Alfonso Parada, Radio Meridiano-70, March 18, 2003, Arauca
* Guillermo Bravo Vega, Alpevisión Radio, April 28, 2003, Neiva
* Jaime Rengifo Revero, Olímpica Radio, April 29, 2003, Maicao
* Juan Carlos Benavides Arévalo, Manantial Estéreo, August 22, 2003, Puerto Caicedo
GUATEMALA: 1
* Héctor Ramírez, Noti7 and Radio Sonora, July 24, 2003, Guatemala City
INDIA: 1
* Parvaz Mohammed Sultan, News and Feature Alliance, January 31, 2003, Srinagar
INDONESIA: 1
* Ersa Siregar, Rajawali Citra Televisi, December 29, 2003, Aceh
IRAN: 1
* Zahra Kazemi, freelance, July 10, 2003, Tehran
IRAQ: 13
* Terry Lloyd, ITV News, March 22, 2003, near Al-Zubayr
* Paul Moran, freelance, March 22, 2003, Gerdigo
* Kaveh Golestan, freelance, April 2, 2003, Kifri
* Michael Kelly, Atlantic Monthly, Washington Post, April 3, 2003, outside of Baghdad
* Christian Liebig, Focus, April 7, 2003, outside Baghdad
* Julio Anguita Parrado, El Mundo, April 7, 2003, outside Baghdad
* Tareq Ayyoub, Al-Jazeera, April 8, 2003, Baghdad
* José Couso, Telecinco, April 8, 2003, Baghdad
* Taras Protsyuk, Reuters, April 8, 2003, Baghdad
* Richard Wild, freelance, July 5, 2003, Baghdad
* Jeremy Little, NBC News, July 6, 2003, Fallujah
* Mazen Dana, Reuters, August 17, 2003, outside Baghdad
* Ahmed Shawkat, Bilah Ittijah, October 28, 2003, Mosul
ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES: 2
* Nazih Darwazeh, Associated Press Television News, April 19, 2003, Nablus
* James Miller, freelance, May 2, 2003, Rafah
IVORY COAST: 1
* Jean Hélène, Radio France Internationale, October 21, 2003, Abidjan
NEPAL: 1
* Gyanendra Khadka, Rastriya Samachar Samiti, September 7, 2003, Jyamire, Sindhupalchowk
PAKISTAN: 1
* Fazal Wahab, freelance, January 21, 2003, Mingora
PHILIPPINES: 5
* Apolinario "Polly" Pobeda, DWTI-AM radio, May 17, 2003, Lucena City, Quezon
* Bonifacio Gregorio, Dyaryo Banat, July 8, 2003, La Paz, Tarlac
* Noel Villarante, DZJV Radio and Laguna Score, August 19, 2003, Santa Cruz, Laguna Province
* Rico Ramirez, DXSF Radio, August 20, 2003, Agusan del Sur
* Juan "Jun" Pala, DXGO radio, September 6, 2003, Davao City
RUSSIA: 1
* Aleksei Sidorov, Tolyatinskoye Obozreniye, October 9, 2003, Togliatti
SOMALIA: 1
* Abdullahi Madkeer, DMC Radio, January 24, 2003, Baidoa
Full list, with details of each death, is available at:
http://www.cpj.org/killed/killed03.html |
See also:
http://www.cpj.org/
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Re: 36 JOURNALISTS KILLED FOR (FOR WHAT ?) IN 2003 |
by Henk Ruyssenaars
fpf (nospam) chello.nl (unverified) |
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03 Jan 2004
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DON'T FORGET THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MEDIA COIN:
I'M A SENIOR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT MYSELF, SO I AM ENTITLED TO SAY THAT MANY SOCALLED JOURNALISTS AND CORRESPONDENTS ARE KILLERS THEMSELVES. THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED - AND DO CONTRIBUTE - TO THE DEATHS OF NOT ONLY 36 AND MORE OF THEIR COLLEAGUES, BUT OF INNUMERAL HUMAN BEINGS ON EARTH. THEY ARE GUILTY !
Journalists are killers too...!
By Henk Ruyssenaars
Amsterdam-03-01-2004 - A question which needs an answer is however the following : are journalists killers too...? And the answer is an unequivocal YES. Journalists kill when keeping silent about crimes by their governments and others. Or help fabricate propaganda supporting wars.
FPF - The Netherlands - March 25th - 2002 - The international journalist organization CPJ's research indicates, that at least 37 journalists were killed in 2001 because of their work as journalists. They either died in the line of duty or were deliberately targeted for assassination - even with "friendly fire" by their governments - because of their reporting or their affiliation with a news organization.
A question which needs an answer is however the following : are journalists killers too...?
And the answer is an unequivocal YES. Journalists kill when keeping silent about crimes by their governments and others.
Or help to fabricate propaganda, supporting wars.
They make killing possible when they obey orders to withhold information from you, the public, or publish false material.
They help killing when they use their job as a "cover" and cooperate with the NSA/MI6/CIA-Mossad or other intelligence agencies.
A rather unknown and disgusting example is the infamous British "D-Notice" in "time of emergency". When the UK government c.q. military warmongers see it fit to order and censor for instance ALL journalists in the "British Empire". Meaning that the - what you probably think is an objective BBC - is only half as reliable as people think. I've sometimes worked for them and refused for weeks working for the BBC during the Gulf War period. Because of the Oxford accent the BBC propaganda is noticed less. But the air waves are filled with lies.
But I refuse sitting outside doors, waiting to be lied to, and than serve you those lies... Contrary to many of my colleagues all over the world, I refuse to take part in the immense and disgraceful stream of small lies, bigger lies and publicity companies "War on Terrorism"-US-Press handouts.
By conforming to the wishes of the global US-propaganda-machine, many of the journalists and correspondents are now an active part of the killing.
Publication of made observations can in many cases prevent bigger disasters, like President John F. Kennedy told some New York Times editors : "If you had published what you knew in advance, the whole Bay of Pigs disaster would never have taken place", he afterwards told them.
Whom - contrary to good journalistic manners and style - had given in to the wishes of the White House not to publish the material they had.
Worse is happening now when anyone in the White House, the NSA/CIA or the Pentagon's MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL complex wants to attack another energy-rich country.
LIKE SOON WILL HAPPEN TO VENEZUELA AGAIN, AFTER THE FIRST CIA & MEDIA SUPPORTED TRY LAST YEAR.
The main part of the worlds journalists then actively takes part in the war by preparing American, and massaging socalled 'Western public opinion'. And to acquire also that way the support of the US-Congress for an attack on whatever they feel like. Journalists will cooperate and as such only can be seen as cowards not taking a stand, false collaborators in the "War on Terrorism Killing Fields".
Mossad False Flag Operation :
A good example is given by Uri Avnery - well known writer and journalist - who lives in Israel. He has written extensively about the life and career of Ariel Sharon, and some days ago gave this example about "Iran, the media and the war preparation".
Concerning Iran and the Mossad 'False Flag Operation' with the arms ship the Karina A, Avnery wrote :
"- For this, Israel's good services are needed. It has an enormous influence in the US Congress and the media. It works like this: Israeli generals declare every day that Iran is producing weapons of mass destruction and threatens the Jewish State with a second Holocaust. Sharon announces that the capture of the Iranian arms ship proves that 'Arafat is a part of the Iranian conspiracy'. Peres tells everybody that Iranian missiles threaten the whole world.
- Every day some newspaper tells its readers that Bin Laden is in Iran or with the Hizbullah in Lebanon.
(see NYTimes-fake: on Arafat/Iran).
- President Bush knows how to reward those who serve him well. Sharon got a free hand to oppress the Palestinians, imprison Arafat, assassinate militants and enlarge the settlements. It's a simple deal: You (Israel) deliver the support of the US Congress and the media, I deliver the Palestinians on a platter." [end quote Avnery].
And - for nearly everybody to see everyday in the socalled "News"-papers : the main part of the journalists tag along and as such are guilty by association. By not telling you, who pay for it and expect it, the truth about what they know and you should know.
So, yes; journalists that do not use the information they have about crimes against humanity in whatever form and whatever place, concerning whatever government - including the worst sinners right now - the United States and Israel : if those journalists don't speak up they are an active part of the killing and guilty as such.
Guilty also, of not being able to understand that tomorrow it may very well be their Patriot Act turn. Our yours, for 'un-american' behaviour. Sounds familiar ? Mr. McCarthy, remember?
Well, thanks to many 'journalists' we are there again.
Journalists that do not speak up, but do take part in the present global killing spree called "War on Terrorism" do not deserve to be called journalists. They are their Master's Voices, and as such a disgrace to our profession. Those "journalists" are propagandists and collaborators; making our world a still worse place to live in.
Those are the ones that do not publish this article ....
TO THEM THE FOREIGN PRESS FOUNDATION OFFERS THE FOLLOWING QUOTE:
"In Germany first they came for the Communists; I wasn't a Communist so I didn't speak up.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists; I wasn't in a Union so I didn't speak up.
Then they came for the Jews; but I was a Christian, so I didn't speak up.
Then they came for the Catholics; I was a Protestant, so I didn't speak up.
Then they came for me;
and there was no one left to speak up".
Pastor Martin Niemöller,
Nazi-concentration camp survivor.
Want to know how 'they' via 'journalists', and the media, are lying through their false teeth at you ? Just one example:
Operation Mockingbird: CIA Media Manipulation
By Mary Louise
The CIA's secret activities, covert missions, and connections of control are all done under the pretense and protection of national security with no accountability whatsoever, at least in their minds. Considering the public is held accountable for everything we think, say, and do there is something seriously wrong with this picture.
The CIA is the President's secret army, who have been and continue to be conveniently above the law with unlimited power and authority, to conduct a reign of terror around the globe."
Full story URL: http://tinyurl.com/22por
Take care ! We'll all need it...
FOREIGN PRESS FOUNDATION
http://tinyurl.com/2o85p
Editor : Henk Ruyssenaars
http://tinyurl.com/mif6
The Netherlands
fpf (at) chello.nl
The Dutch author worked for 4 decades for international media as foreign correspondent, of which 10 years - also during Gulf War I - in the Arab World and the Middle East.
Seeing that every bullet and every bomb breeds more terrorism !
HR
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