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JNU Row: Journalists take to streets to protest assault

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New Delhi: Top editors of national media and hundreds of journalists today hit the streets demanding action against those involved in beating up members of their fraternity in a court complex in police presence and sought Supreme Court’s intervention in protecting freedom of speech.

The journalists, shouting slogans against the Modi Government and Delhi Police, marched from Press Club of India to the Supreme Court and submitted a memorandum to its, Registrar, seeking cancellation of licences of lawyers involved in the assualt.

The protesters also demanded Police Commissioner B S Bassi’s sacking due to alleged inaction by the security personnel at the Patiala House Courts yesterday when journalists, students and teachers of JNU where attacked by people wearing lawyers’ black robes.

A separate delegation of journalists met Home Minister Rajnath Singh demanding his intervention in ensuring “accountability of the Delhi Police who watched silently as the assault happened”.

The memorandum by the journalists was submitted to Supreme Court even as it agreed to hear a petition tomorrow on a plea seeking action against those involved in the violence at Patiala House court complex.

“We demand the intervention of the highest court of the land to take appropriate action against the advocates involved in the assault,” the memorandum said, urging the court to direct the bar council to cancel the licences of the errant advocates.

No arrest has been made even 24 hours after the assault where Delhi BJP MLA OP Sharma was also seen beating up a CPI activist.

The journalists also said the CCTV footage of yesterday’s incident should be called for and police directed to ensure protection to journalists and other media persons.

Yesterday, groups of lawyers had beaten up journalists and JNU students and teachers ahead of the hearing of the sedition case registered against JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar in connection with an event at the university last week to protest the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. Anti-India slogans were also allegedly raised at the event.

Nadeem Ahmad Kazmi, Secretary General of Press Club of India, said the Supreme Court registrar told them Chief Justice of India T S Thakur will meet a delegation of journalists in a few days.

“We hope that the Supreme Court will surely protect freedom of speech because it is constitutionally mandated to do so,” he said.

Senior journalist Siddharth Varadarajan slammed the Delhi Police for remaining “mute spectators” when the assault was going on.

“The manner in which the police allowed the goons to beat up jourmnalists and no action has been taken against them even after 24 hours tells you that the terrain is likely to get more and more hostile for journalism.

“There is not even a video of Kanhaiya Kumar saying anything and he has been booked for sedition and here you have a video recording of an MLA kicking and beating somebody and not even a case has been registered,” he said.

In the memorandum to the Home Minister, the journalists demanded that the perpetrators of the assault be brought to book at the earliest.

“As Union Home Minister, we urge your intervention in the matter on two counts. There should be some accountability of the Delhi Police who watched silently as the assault happened.

“And secondly, as there were CCTV cameras where the incident of assault must have been recorded, we demand that the perpetrators of the assault be brought to book at the earliest,” they said.

In the memorandum, the journalists also criticised Bassi for describing the incident as a “minor scuffle”.

“It is a matter of concern that the Delhi Police Commissioner has dismissed the incident describing it as a scuffle. Such observations will encourage only those elements who already believe that they are above the law of the land,” it said.

In the memorandum to the Supreme Court, the journalists said Delhi Police did nothing even as “brutal assault” was unleashed by lawyers on media persons including, on women scribes, in and outside the court room.

More than a dozen journalists were set upon by lawyers who prevented them in the discharge of their duties. The journalists had gone to cover the hearing of the sedition case against arrested JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar.

(PTI)

Al Jazeera staff sentenced to jail in Egypt

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Condemnation of verdict as Egypt court finds Baher Mohamed, Mohamed Fahmy, and Peter Greste guilty in delayed trial.

Al Jazeera retrial

by Al Jazeera

A Cairo court has sentenced three Al Jazeera journalists to three years in jail after finding them guilty of “aiding a terrorist organisation”.

Egyptian Baher Mohamed, Canadian Mohamed Fahmy and Australian Peter Greste were all handed three-year jail sentences when the court delivered the verdict on Saturday, sparking worldwide outrage.

Mohamed was sentenced to an additional six months for possession of a spent bullet casing.

The journalists had been initially found guilty in June 2014 of aiding a “terrorist organisation”, a reference to the Muslim Brotherhood, which was outlawed in Egypt after the army overthrew President Mohamed Morsi in 2013.

Judge Hassan Farid, in his ruling on Saturday, said he sentenced the men to prison at least partly because they had not registered with the country’s journalist “syndicate”.

He also said the men brought in equipment without security officials’ approval, had broadcast “false news” on Al Jazeera and used a hotel as a broadcasting point without permission.

The verdict was immediately condemned by Al Jazeera Media Network’s Acting Director General Dr Mostefa Souag, who said: “Today’s verdict defies logic and common sense. Our colleagues Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy will now have to return to prison, and Peter Greste is sentenced in absentia.

“The whole case has been heavily politicised and has not been conducted in a free and fair manner.”

Dr Souag continued, “There is no evidence proving that our colleagues in any way fabricated news or aided and abetted terrorist organisations, and at no point during the long drawn out retrial did any of the unfounded allegations stand up to scrutiny.

“A report issued by a technical committee assigned by the court in Egypt contradicted the accusations made by the public prosecutor and stated in its report that the seized videos were not fabricated.

“Baher, Peter and Mohamed have been sentenced despite the fact that not a shred of evidence was found to support the extraordinary and false charges against them.

“Today’s verdict is yet another deliberate attack on press freedom. It is a dark day for the Egyptian judiciary; rather than defend liberties and a free and fair media, they have compromised their independence for political reasons.”

Speaking from Sydney, Greste labelled the verdict “outrageous”.

“We did nothing wrong. The court presented no evidence. For us to be convicted as terrorists is outrageous. It can only be a political verdict. This is unethical,” Greste said.

Al Jazeera’s next step is to file an appeal before the Court of Cassation. Such an appeal should be filed within 60 days.

In January, an appeals court ordered a retrial, saying the initial verdict lacked evidence against the three journalists working for the Doha-based network’s English channel.

The journalists and Al Jazeera have vigorously denied the accusations during the trial.

Ten previous sessions in the court had all been adjourned.

Greste has already been deported to his native Australia under a law allowing the transfer of foreigners on trial to their home countries, but he was retried in absentia.

Fahmy and Mohamed were on bail ahead of the verdict after spending more than 400 days in detention.

The Cairo court said on Saturday that the previous time spent in prison will be accounted for as time served.

Fahmy renounced his Egyptian nationality hoping he too would be deported.

Canadian Minister of State Lynne Yelich issued a statement after Saturday’s verdict calling on Egyptian authorities to release Fahmy.

“Canada is disappointed with Mohamed Fahmy’s conviction today. ‎This decision severely undermines confidence in the rule of law in Egypt,” Yelich said.

“The government of Canada continues to call on the Egyptian government to use all tools at its disposal to resolve Mr Fahmy’s case and allow his immediate return to Canada.”

The three men have received support from governments, media organisations and rights groups from around the world.

Man kills self after deadly attack on US journalists

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President Obama mourns loss of Alison Parker and Adam Ward, who were shot dead by Vester Lee Flanagan while live on air.

Parker, left, was conducting an interview about tourism on Bridgewater Plaza in Franklin County before her and Ward were killed [WDBJ7]

Parker, left, was conducting an interview about tourism on Bridgewater Plaza in Franklin County before her and Ward were killed [WDBJ7]

by Al Jazeera

A man who shot dead a reporter and a cameraman for WDBJ7, a local CBS affiliate, live on air in the US state of Virginia has died of a self-inflicted wound in hospital.

Franklin County sheriff, Bill Overton, told a news conference on Wednesday that the suspect had died at Inova Fairfax hospital in northern Virginia.

Overton offered no motive for the shootings and said the investigation would be lengthy.

After leaving the scene, former WDBJ7 employee Vester Lee Flanagan, also known as Bryce Williams, crashed his car on the I-66 highway in Faquier County.

He was located by police and found to be suffering from a gunshot wound. Flanagan, 41, later died in hospital.

Earlier on Wednesday, live on air, shots could be heard in footage taken by WDBJ7 cameraman Adam Ward, 27, before he dropped to the ground.

Alison Parker, 24, who also died, was conducting an interview about tourism on Bridgewater Plaza in Franklin County before at least eight shots rang out. The woman being interviewed was also wounded in the attack.

‘I filmed the shooting’

US President Barack Obama told ABC 6 that it breaks his heart to hear “every time you read or hear about these kinds of incidents”.

“What we know is that the number of people who die from the gun related incidents around this country dwarfs any deaths that happen through terrorism,” Obama said.

Hours after the shooting, someone claiming to be Flanagan posted video online of the shooting that appeared to be from the shooter’s vantage point.

The videos were posted to a Twitter account and on Facebook by a man identifying himself as Bryce Williams, which was Flanagan’s on-air name.

The videos were removed shortly afterwards. One video clearly showed a handgun as the person filming approached Parker.

The person purporting to be Flanagan also posted “I filmed the shooting see Facebook,” as well as saying one of the victims had “made racist comments”.

Flanagan had sued another station where he worked in Florida, alleging he had been discriminated against because he was black.

ABC News reported on its website that it had received a 23-page fax from someone claiming to be Bryce Williams some time between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

The network turned the fax over to authorities, it said, without giving details on its contents.

Pentagon rewrites ‘Law of War’ declaring ‘belligerent’ journalists as legitimate targets

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The Pentagon (AFP Photo)

The Pentagon (AFP Photo)

by RT

The Pentagon has released a book of instructions on the “law of war,” detailing acceptable ways of killing the enemy. The manual also states that journalists can be labeled “unprivileged belligerents,” an obscure term that replaced “enemy combatant.”

The 1,176-page “Department of Defense Law of War Manual” explains that shooting, exploding, bombing, stabbing, or cutting the enemy are acceptable ways of getting the job done, but the use of poison or asphyxiating gases is not allowed.

Surprise attacks and killing retreating troops have also been given the green light.

But the lengthy manual doesn’t only talk about protocol for those on the frontline. It also has an extensive section on journalists – including the fact that they can be labeled terrorists.

“In general, journalists are civilians. However, journalists may be members of the armed forces, persons authorized to accompany the armed forces, or unprivileged belligerents,” the manual states.

The term “unprivileged belligerents” replaces the Bush-era term “unlawful enemy combatant.”

When asked what this means, professor of Journalism at Georgetown Chris Chambers told RT that he doesn’t know, “because the Geneva Convention, other tenets of international law, and even United States law – federal courts have spoken on this – doesn’t have this thing on ‘unprivileged belligerents’.”

This means that embedded journalists, who are officially sanctioned by the military and attached to a unit, will be favored by an even greater degree than before. “It gives them license to attack or even murder journalists that they don’t particularly like but aren’t on the other side,” Chambers said.

Even the Obama Administration’s definition of “enemy combatant” was vague enough, basically meaning any male of a military age who “happens to be there,” Chambers added.

The manual also deals with drones, stating that there is “no prohibition in the law of war on the use of remotely piloted aircraft (also called “unmanned aerial vehicles”).” Such weapons may offer certain advantages over the weapons systems. It states that drones can be designated as military aircraft if used by a country’s military.

The book includes a foreword from the General Counsel of the Department of Defense, Stephen Preston, who states that “the law of war is part of who we are.” He goes on to say that the manual will“help us remember the hard-learned lessons from the past.”

The manual is the Pentagon’s first all-in-one legal guide for the four military branches. Previously, each sector was tasked with writing their own guidelines for engagement, which presumably did not list journalists as potential traitors.

The Pentagon did not specify the exact circumstances under which a journalist might be declared an unprivileged belligerent, but Chambers says he is sure “their legal department is going over it, as is the National Press Club and the Society of Professional Journalists.”

Journalist Praful Bidwai passes away

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Praful Bidwai. Photo: S. Gopakumar.

Praful Bidwai. Photo: S. Gopakumar.

New Delhi: Veteran journalist, author and anti-nuclear activist Praful Bidwai has died at the age of 64 during a visit to the Netherlands.

Bidwai died in Amsterdam on Tuesday evening due to a cardiac arrest, family friend Pamela Philipose told media.

Bidwai was a fellow at Transnational Institute at Amsterdam, an organisation of international scholar-activists.

He was a regular contributor to magazines and newspapers, besides being a leading anti-nuclear activist.

He also wrote a number of books, including the 1999 New Nukes: India, Pakistan and Global Nuclear Disarmament.

His latest book on the crisis in the Indian Left was due to be released later this year.

After working as a senior editor for the Times of India for a number of years, Bidwai became a freelance commentator, writing for publications in India and abroad.

He was a staunch critic of the Narendra Modi-led ruling NDA government and in an article in UK-based The Guardian earlier this year he wrote that Modi’s “grandiose schemes – including large-scale urban sanitation, cleaning up the Ganges, interlinking rivers or creating ‘smart cities’ – smacks of gimmickry and empty sloganeering”.

Bidwai had been a Professorial Fellow at the Centre for Social Development, New Delhi, and also a Senior Fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. He had also served as a member of the Indian Council for Social Science Research, the Central Advisory Board on Education, and the National Book Trust.

He was a long-time Fellow of the Transnational Institute, the Amsterdam-based organisation of international scholar-activists including Susan George and Walden Bello.

A bachelor, he is survived by two sisters.

(Agencies)

Egypt draft law to restrict media coverage of the military

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by Al-Akhbar

Egypt is drafting a law tightening restrictions on media coverage of the armed forces, government and judicial sources said, alarming journalists who believe this move will sound the death knell for freedom of the press.

One source played down any threat to freedoms won after the 2011 overthrow of former president Hosni Mubarak, saying legislation under discussion would restrict only reporting that endangers “national security” as Egypt fights Islamist militants.

However, journalists and activists fear that if implemented, the law would end general coverage of the military which, as the main pillar of the Egyptian state, wields major political and economic influence.

A law in effect for decades already bans reporting on the military without permission, but a text of the new draft leaked to local media would increase curbs and penalties.

Before Mubarak’s fall, Egyptian media ran only official statements on the army, but after the uprising the ban was not fully enforced and criticism of the military became widespread.

The draft has not been officially released, but a text that appeared in the pro-government El-Watan newspaper last week suggests it will ban publication of “any news, information, statistics, statements or documents related to the armed forces, their formations, movements… operations or plans” without written permission from army general command.

Anyone who breaks the law would face up to five years in jail and a fine of 10,000 to 50,000 Egyptian pounds ($1,398 to $6,990.50), rising to prison without parole and a fine of 100,000-200,000 pounds ($13,981-27,962) in times of war or emergency rule.

That wording would cripple reporters in a country where the military has provided most presidents since Gamal Abdel Nasser and his Free Officers overthrew the monarchy in 1952. The army also controls businesses from bottled water to washing machine makers, and supervises infrastructure projects including an expansion of the Suez Canal.

The government has not publicly commented on the leaked draft but three sources said the law was being discussed by Egypt’s Council of State, a judicial body that advises the government and drafts legislation.

“I see the law as very bad and an assault on press freedom,” said Amer Tammam, a journalist at the state-owned Egyptian Al-Akhbar newspaper. “The defense ministry carries out economic projects… If I publish a report on corruption in any of these projects do I get jailed for five years? If I publish a report about a fight at a petrol station that belongs to the army do I also go to jail?”

The proposed law adds fire to the flame

A source said the changes had been prompted by violence in the Sinai Peninsula where the army is battling militants.

“First, it is a draft. It is still being discussed by the Council of State so no one knows what it will say,” said the source, declining to be named as he was not authorized to speak.

“But the aim is not to ban anyone from writing about the military in general. Nowhere in the world are journalists allowed to write about military movements or operations without checking that it does not undermine security or expose troops.”

Journalists worry that what harms “national security” is open to interpretation and the law will expose them to arrest and military trial if they misjudge the red lines. They say it gives the army scope to eliminate criticism.

“The draft law uses loose phrasing… and will… open the door to fear among journalists that they will be pursued by the military,” said another journalist, declining to be named.

The 2011 uprising led to the election of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Mursi as president. Mursi was ousted last year by then-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, after protests against Mursi’s rule. Sisi went on to win a presidential vote in May.

Since Sisi came to power, Egyptian media have largely reverted to the self-censorship they practiced before 2011.

After an attack that killed 33 security personnel in Sinai last month, Egyptian newspaper editors issued a statement promising not to publish reports that would undermine the army.

On Wednesday, seven Egyptian non-governmental organizations announced that they would not participate in the UN’s Universal Periodic Review, which all 193 UN countries must undergo every four years, saying they feared anyone who spoke against the Cairo authorities would face persecution back home.

Moreover, Cairo has set a November 10 deadline for all NGOs to register with the government, in a move activists warn will deal a death blow to the country’s civil society.

“Civil society is on the verge of disappearing,” warned Philippe Dam of Human Rights Watch.

In late October, Sisi approved of a military decree, similar to martial law implemented at the time of ousted Mubarak, to expand military power under the pretext of “ensuring stability.”

Sisi’s critics are likely to see such a step as the latest move to clamp down on dissent by a government that also issued a strict new law curbing protests.

Ending martial law throughout the country, which gives the authorities wide-ranging policing powers, was one of the demands of the popular uprising.

As Sisi’s government continues to tighten its military grip on the country, the UN’s top human rights body took Egypt to task Wednesday for a litany of rights abuses, including its crackdown on supporters of ousted Mursi, journalists and activists.

The participant countries and rights groups, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, condemned Sisi’s government and urged the council to order an international probe into the crackdown, mass arrests and unfair trials.

(Reuters, AFP, Anadolu, Al-Akhbar)

British spies are free to target lawyers and journalists

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Photo: Barry Batchelor/AP

Photo: Barry Batchelor/AP

by Ryan Gallagher, The Intercept

British spies have been granted the authority to secretly eavesdrop on legally privileged attorney-client communications, according to newly released documents.

On Thursday, a series of previously classified policies confirmed for the first time that the U.K.’s top surveillance agency Government Communications Headquarters (pictured above) has advised its employees: “You may in principle target the communications of lawyers.”

The U.K.’s other major security and intelligence agencies—MI5 and MI6—have adopted similar policies, the documents show. The guidelines also appear to permit surveillance of journalists and others deemed to work in “sensitive professions” handling confidential information.

The documents were made public as a result of a legal case brought against the British government by Libyan families who allege that they were subjected to extraordinary rendition and torture in a joint British-American operation that took place in 2004. After revelations about mass surveillance from National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden last year, the families launched another case alleging that their communications with lawyers at human rights group Reprieve may have been spied on by the government, hindering their ability to receive a fair trial.

In a statement on Thursday, Reprieve’s legal director Cori Crider said that the new disclosures raised “troubling implications for the whole British justice system” and questioned how frequently the government had used its spy powers for unfair advantage in court.

“It’s now clear the intelligence agencies have been eavesdropping on lawyer-client conversations for years,” Crider said. “Today’s question is not whether, but how much, they have rigged the game in their favor in the ongoing court case over torture.”

Rachel Logan, a legal adviser at rights group Amnesty International, said that spying on lawyers affords the U.K. government an “unfair advantage akin to playing poker in a hall of mirrors.”

“It could mean, amazingly, that the government uses information they have got from snooping on you, against you, in a case you have brought,” Logan said. “This clearly violates an age-old principle of English law set down in the 16th century—that the correspondence between a person and their lawyer is confidential.”

In the U.S., the NSA has also been caught spying on lawyers. Earlier this year, the agency was forced to reassure attorneys that it “will continue to afford appropriate protection to privileged attorney-client communications acquired during its lawful foreign intelligence mission in accordance with privacy procedures required by Congress, approved by the Attorney General, and, as appropriate, reviewed by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.”

In the U.K., the oversight of intelligence agencies is undoubtedly far more lax.

According to the documents released Thursday, in at least one case legally privileged material that was covertly intercepted by a British agency may have been used to the government’s advantage in legal cases. One passage notes that security service MI5 identified an instance in which there was potential for “tainting” a legal case after secretly intercepted privileged material apparently ended up in the hands of its lawyers.

The policies state that the targeting of lawyers “must give careful consideration to necessity and proportionality,” but the GCHQ policy document adds that each individual analyst working at the agency is “responsible for the legality” of their targeting, suggesting that a large degree of personal judgement is involved in the process. Notably, there is no judicial oversight of eavesdropping conducted by GCHQ or other British security agencies; their surveillance operations are signed off by a senior politician in government, usually the Foreign or Home Secretary.

The categories that allow the agencies to spy on lawyers or others working with “confidential” material, such as journalists, are extremely broad. One policy document from GCHQ notes:

If you wish the target the communications of a lawyer or other legal professional or other communications that are likely to result in the interception of confidential information you must:

Have reasonable grounds to believe that they are participating in or planning activity that is against the interests of national security, the economic well-being of the UK or which in itself constitutes a serious crime.

In practice, this could mean that any lawyer or an investigative journalist working on a case or story involving state secrets could be targeted on the basis that they are perceived to be working against the vaguely defined national security interests of the government. Any journalists or lawyers working on the Snowden leaks, for instance, are a prime example of potential targets under this rationale. The U.K. government has already accused anyone working to publish stories based on the Snowden documents of being engaged in terrorism—and could feasibly use this as justification to spy on their correspondence.

GCHQ declined to comment for this post, referring a request from The Intercept to the government’s Home Office. A Home Office spokesperson said: “We do not comment on ongoing legal proceedings.”

Murdered journalists: 90% of killers get away with it but who are the victims?

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by The Guardian

With 370 dead over 10 years, governments need to do more to catch the killers, says the Committee to Protect Journalist

A grim toll of 370 journalists have been murdered over the past 10 years in direct retaliation for doing their job. An even more alarming statistic is that 90% of their killers have not been brought to justice, according to statistics from the Committee to Protect Journalists.

The 683 journalists murdered since 1992 Photograph: CPJ data

In its report, The road to justice: breaking the cycle of impunity in the killing of journalists, the CPJ argues that governments need to do much more to catch the killers.

Journalists murdered between 2004 and 2013 with full justice:

Brazil
Samuel Romã, Radio Conquista FM, April 20, 2004
Luiz Carlos Barbon Filho, Jornal do Porto, JC Regional, and Rádio Porto FM, May 5, 2007

Dominican Republic
Juan Emilio Andújar Matos, Radio Azua and Listín Diario, September 14, 2004

El Salvador
Christian Gregorio Poveda Ruiz, freelance, September 2, 2009

Indonesia
Anak Agung Prabangsa, Radar Bali, February 11, 2009

Nicaragua
María José Bravo, La Prensa, November 9, 2004

Peru
Miguel Pérez Julca, Radio Éxitos, March 17, 2007

USA
Chauncey Bailey, Oakland Post, August 2, 2007

Venezuela
Jorge Aguirre, Cadena Capriles (El Mundo), April 5, 2006

Some of the journalists murdered since 1992. For an interactive graphic, see the CPJ website Photograph: CPJ

Some of the journalists murdered since 1992. For an interactive graphic, see the CPJ website Photograph: CPJ

Journalists murdered between 2004 and 2013 with partial impunity:

Bangladesh
Manik Saha, New Age, January 15, 2004
Humayun Kabir, Janmabhumi, June 27, 2004
Gautam Das, Samakal, November 17, 2005

Brazil
Francisco Gomes de Medeiros, Radio Caicó, October 18, 2010
Edinaldo Filgueira, Jornal o Serrano, June 15, 2011
Décio Sá, O Estado do Maranhão and Blog do Décio, April 23, 2012

Colombia
Atilano Segundo Pérez Barrios, Radio Vigía de Todelar, August 22, 2006

Croatia
Ivo Pukanic, Nacional, October 23, 2008

El Salvador
Alfredo Antonio Hurtado Núñez, Canal 33, April 25, 2011

Kazakhstan
Gennady Pavlyuk (Ibragim Rustambek), Bely Parokhod, December 22, 2009

Mexico
Gregorio Rodríguez Hernández, El Debate, November 28, 2004
Amado Ramírez Dillanes, Televisa and Radiorama, April 6, 2007

Nepal
Birendra Shah, Nepal FM, Dristi Weekly, and Avenues TV, October 4, 2007
Uma Singh, Janakpur Today, Radio Today, January 11, 2009

Pakistan
Wali Khan Babar, Geo TV, January 13, 2011

Peru
Alberto Rivera Fernández, Frecuencia Oriental, April 12, 2004

Philippines
Gene Boyd Lumawag, MindaNews, November 12, 2004
Marlene Garcia-Esperat, Midland News and DXKR, March 24, 2005
Klein Cantoneros, DXAA-FM, May 4, 2005
Armando Pace, DXDS, July 18, 2006
Gerardo Ortega, DWAR, January 24, 2011
Fernando Solijon, DxLS Love Radio, August 29, 2013

Russia
Anna Politkovskaya, Novaya Gazeta, October 7, 2006
Anastasiya Baburova, Novaya Gazeta, January 19, 2009

Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya was killed in the lift of her Moscow apartment building. Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP

Serbia
Dusko Jovanovic, Dan, May 28, 2004

Somalia
Hassan Yusuf Absuge, Radio Maanta, September 21, 2012

Turkey
Hrant Dink, Agos, January 19, 2007

Venezuela
Orel Sambrano, ABC de la Semana and Radio América, January 16, 2009

Journalists murdered between 2004 and 2013 with complete impunity:

Afghanistan
Christian Struwe, freelance, October 7, 2006
Karen Fischer, freelance, October 7, 2006
Ajmal Naqshbandi, freelance, April 8, 2007
Zakia Zaki, Sada-i-Sulh, June 4, 2007
Abdul Samad Rohani, BBC and Pajhwok Afghan News, June 7 or 8, 2008

BBC reporter Abdul Samad Rohani was killed by Taliban militants in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan. Photograph: AP

Angola
Alberto Graves Chakussanga, Radio Despertar, September 5, 2010

Azerbaijan
Elmar Huseynov, Monitor, March 2, 2005
Rafiq Tagi, freelance, November 23, 2011

Bangladesh
Kamal Hossain, Ajker Kagoj, August 22, 2004
Sheikh Belaluddin, Sangram, February 11, 2005
Jamal Uddin, Gramer Kagoj, June 15, 2012
Ahmed Rajib Haider, freelance, February 15, 2013

Belarus
Aleh Byabenin, Charter 97, September 3, 2010

Bolivia
Carlos Quispe Quispe, Radio Municipal, March 29, 2008

Brazil
José Carlos Araújo, Rádio Timbaúba FM, April 24, 2004
Luciano Leitão Pedrosa, TV Vitória and Radio Metropolitana FM, April 9, 2011
Mario Randolfo Marques Lopes, Vassouras na Net, February 9, 2012
Valério Luiz de Oliveira, Radio Jornal, July 5, 2012
Eduardo Carvalho, Última Hora News, November 21, 2012
Mafaldo Bezerra Goes, FM Rio Jaguaribe, February 22, 2013
Rodrigo Neto, Rádio Vanguarda and Vale do Aço, March 8, 2013
Walgney Assis Carvalho, freelance, April 14, 2013

Cambodia
Khem Sambo, Moneaseka Khmer, July 11, 2008
Hang Serei Odom, Virakchun Khmer Daily, September 11, 2012

China
Wu Xianghu, Taizhou Wanbao, February 2, 2006

Colombia
Martín La Rotta, La Palma Estéreo, February 7, 2004
Julio Hernando Palacios Sánchez, Radio Lemas, January 11, 2005
Gustavo Rojas Gabalo, Radio Panzenú, March 20, 2006
José Everardo Aguilar, Radio Súper and Bolívar Estéreo, April 29, 2009
Clodomiro Castilla Ospino, El Pulso del Tiempo, March 19, 2010
Édison Alberto Molina, Puerto Berrío Stereo, September 11, 2013

Dominican Republic
Serge Maheshe, Radio Okapi, June 13, 2007
José Agustín Silvestre de los Santos, La Voz de la Verdad, Caña TV, August 2, 2011

Ecuador
Byron Baldeón, freelance, July 1, 2012

Egypt
Al-Hosseiny Abou Deif, El-Fagr, December 12, 2012

Gambia
Deyda Hydara, The Point, December 16, 2004

Greece
Sokratis Giolias, Thema 98.9, Troktiko, July 19, 2010

Haiti
Jean-Rémy Badio, freelance, January 19, 2007

Honduras
Carlos Salgado, Radio Cadena Voces, October 18, 2007
Joseph Hernández Ochoa, TV Channel 51, March 1, 2010
David Meza Montesinos, Radio El Patio, Radio America, Channel 45, March 11, 2010
Nahúm Palacios Arteaga, TV Channel 5, March 14, 2010

India
Veeraboina Yadagiri, Andhra Prabha, February 21, 2004
Prahlad Goala, Asomiya Khabar, January 6, 2006
Mohammed Muslimuddin, Asomiya Pratidin, April 1, 2008
Vikas Ranjan, Hindustan, November 25, 2008
Rajesh Mishra, Media Raj, March 1, 2012
Narendra Dabholkar, Sadhana, August 20, 2013
Sai Reddy, Deshbandhu, December 6, 2013

Indonesia
Herliyanto, Radar Surabaya and Jimber News Visioner, April 29, 2006
Ardiansyah Matra’is, Merauke TV, July 30, 2010
Ridwan Salamun, Sun TV, August 21, 2010
Alfrets Mirulewan, Pelangi Weekly, December 17, 2010

Iraq
Nadia Nasrat, Iraq Media Network/Diyala TV, March 18, 2004
Enzo Baldoni, freelance, August 26, 2004
Dina Mohammed Hassan, Al-Hurriya, October 14, 2004
Karam Hussein, European Pressphoto Agency, October 14, 2004
Wadallah Sarhan, Akhbar al-Mosul, November 2004
Raeda Wazzan, Al-Iraqiya, February 25, 2005
Hussam Sarsam, Kurdistan TV, March 14, 2005
Ahmed Jabbar Hashim, Al-Sabah, April 1, 2005
Ahmed al-Rubai’i, Al-Sabah, mid-April 2005
Saman Abdullah Izzedine, Kirkuk TV, April 15, 2005
Ahmed Adam, Al-Mada, May 15, 2005
Najem Abed Khudair, Al-Mada, May 15, 2005
Jerges Mahmood Mohamad Suleiman, Nineveh TV, May 31, 2005
Khaled al-Attar, Al-Iraqiya, July 1, 2005
Adnan al-Bayati, TG3, July 23, 2005
Steven Vincent, freelance, August 3, 2005
Rafed Mahmoud Said al-Anbagy, Diyala TV and Radio, August 27, 2005
Hind Ismail, As-Saffir, September 17, 2005
Fakher Haider, The New York Times, September 19, 2005
Firas Maadidi, As-Saffir and Al-Masar, September 20, 2005
Mohammed Haroon, Al-Kadiya, October 19, 2005
Ahmed Hussein al-Maliki, Talafar Al-Yawm, November 7, 2005
Atwar Bahjat, Al-Arabiya, February 23, 2006
Adnan Khairallah, Wasan Productions and Al-Arabiya, February 23, 2006
Khaled Mahmoud al-Falahi, Wasan Productions and Al-Arabiya, February 23, 2006
Munsuf Abdallah al-Khaldi, Baghdad TV, March 7, 2006
Amjad Hameed, Al-Iraqiya, March 11, 2006
Muhsin Khudhair, Alef Ba, March 13, 2006
So’oud Muzahim al-Shoumari, Al-Baghdadia, April 4, 2006
Laith al-Dulaimi, Al-Nahrain, May 8, 2006
Ali Jaafar, Al-Iraqiya, May 31, 2006
Ibrahim Seneid, Al-Bashara, June 13, 2006
Adel Naji al-Mansouri, Al-Alam, July 29, 2006
Riyad Muhammad Ali, Talafar al-Yawm, July 30, 2006

Hrant Dink was killed by an unidentified gunman at the entrance to his newspaper’s offices in Istanbul, Turkey. Photograph: Burak Kara/Getty

Mohammad Abbas Mohammad, Al-Bayinnah al-Jadida, August 7, 2006
Ismail Amin Ali, freelance, August 7, 2006
Abdel Karim al-Rubai, Al-Sabah, September 9, 2006
Safa Isma’il Enad, freelance, September 13, 2006
Ahmed Riyadh al-Karbouli, Baghdad TV, September 18, 2006
Hussein Ali, Al-Shaabiya, October 12, 2006
Ahmad Sha’ban, Al-Shaabiya, October 12, 2006
Thaker al-Shouwili, Al-Shaabiya, October 12, 2006
Noufel al-Shimari, Al-Shaabiya, October 12, 2006
Abdul-Rahim Nasrallah al-Shimari, Al-Shaabiya, October 12, 2006
Saed Mahdi Shlash, Rayat al-Arab, October 26, 2006
Naqshin Hamma Rashid, Atyaf, October 29, 2006
Muhammad al-Ban, Al-Sharqiya, November 13, 2006
Luma al-Karkhi, Al-Dustour, November 15, 2006
Nabil Ibrahim al-Dulaimi, Radio Dijla, December 4, 2006
Aswan Ahmed Lutfallah, APTN, December 12, 2006
Ahmed Hadi Naji, Associated Press Television News, January 5, 2007
Falah Khalaf al-Diyali, Al-Sa’a, January 15, 2007
Hussein al-Zubaidi, Al-Ahali, January 28, 2007
Abdulrazak Hashim Ayal al-Khakani, Jumhuriyat al-Iraq, February 5, 2007
Jamal al-Zubaidi, As-Saffir and Al-Dustour, February 24, 2007
Mohan Hussein al-Dhahir, Al-Mashreq, March 4, 2007
Hamid al-Duleimi, Nahrain, March 17, 2007
Khamail Khalaf, Radio Free Iraq, April 5, 2007
Thaer Ahmad Jaber, Baghdad TV, April 5, 2007
Othman al-Mashhadani, Al-Watan, April 6, 2007
Raad Mutashar, Al-Raad, May 9, 2007
Saif Laith Yousuf, ABC News, May 17, 2007
Alaa Uldeen Aziz, ABC News, May 17, 2007
Nazar Abdulwahid al-Radhi, Aswat al-Iraq and Radio Free Iraq, May 30, 2007
Mohammad Hilal Karji, Baghdad TV, June 6, 2007
Sahar Hussein Ali al-Haydari, National Iraqi News Agency and Aswat al-Iraq, June 7, 2007
Filaih Wuday Mijthab, Al-Sabah, June 17, 2007
Hamid Abed Sarhan, freelance, June 26, 2007
Sarmad Hamdi Shaker, Baghdad TV, June 27, 2007
Khalid W. Hassan, The New York Times, July 13, 2007
Majeed Mohammed, Kirkuk al-Yawm and Hawal, July 16, 2007
Mustafa Gaimayani, Kirkuk al-Yawm and Hawal, July 16, 2007
Adnan al-Safi, Al-Anwar, July 27, 2007
Amer Malallah al-Rashidi, Al-Mosuliya, September 3, 2007
Muhannad Ghanem Ahmad al-Obaidi, Dar al-Salam, September 20, 2007
Salih Saif Aldin, The Washington Post, October 14, 2007
Shehab Mohammad al-Hiti, Baghdad al-Youm, October 28, 2007
Shihab al-Tamimi, Iraqi Journalists Syndicate, February 27, 2008
Jassim al-Batat, Al-Nakhil TV and Radio, April 25, 2008
Sarwa Abdul-Wahab, freelance, May 4, 2008
Haidar al-Hussein, Al-Sharq, May 22, 2008
Mohieldin Al Naqeeb, Al-Iraqiya, June 17, 2008
Soran Mama Hama, Livin, July 21, 2008
Musab Mahmood al-Ezawi, Al-Sharqiya, September 13, 2008
Ahmed Salim, Al-Sharqiya, September 13, 2008
Ihab Mu’d, Al-Sharqiya, September 13, 2008
Sardasht Osman, freelance, May 5, 2010
Riad al-Saray, Al-Iraqiya, September 7, 2010
Safa al-Din Abdel Hamid, Al-Mosuliya, September 8, 2010
Tahrir Kadhim Jawad, freelance, October 4, 2010
Hadi al-Mahdi, freelance, September 8, 2011
Mohammed Ghanem, Al-Sharqiyah, October 5, 2013
Mohammed Karim al-Badrani, Al-Sharqiyah, October 5, 2013
Bashar al-Nuaimi, Al-Mosuliya TV, October 24, 2013
Alaa Edward Butros, freelance, November 24, 2013
Kawa Garmyane, Rayel, Awene, December 5, 2013
Nawras al-Nuaimi, Al-Mosuliya TV, December 15, 2013
Jamal Abdul-Nasser Sami, Salaheddin TV, December 23, 2013
Raad Yassin Al-Baddi, Salaheddin TV, December 23, 2013
Wassan Al-Azzawi, Salaheddin TV, December 23, 2013

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Suleiman Abdul-Rahim al-Ashi, Palestine, May 13, 2007

Ivory Coast
Sylvain Gagnetau Lago, Radio Yopougon, May 8, 2011

Kenya
Francis Nyaruri, Weekly Citizen, January 2009

Kyrgyzstan
Alisher Saipov, Siyosat, October 24, 2007

Lebanon
Samir Kassir, Al-Nahar, June 2, 2005
Gebran Tueni, Al-Nahar, December 12, 2005

Lebanese journalist Samir Kassir was killed in his car following an explosion in Beirut. Photograph: Al Nahar News Paper/EPA

Libya
Daif al-Gahzal al-Shuhaibi, freelance, June 2, 2005

Mali
Claude Verlon, Radio France Internationale, November 1, 2013
Ghislaine Dupont, Radio France Internationale, November 1, 2013

Mexico
Francisco Javier Ortiz Franco, Zeta, June 22, 2004
Francisco Arratia Saldierna, freelance, August 31, 2004
Dolores Guadalupe García Escamilla, Stereo 91, April 16, 2005
Roberto Marcos García, Testimonio and Alarma, November 21, 2006
Rodolfo Rincón Taracena, Tabasco Hoy, January 20, 2007
Alejandro Zenón Fonseca Estrada, EXA FM, September 24, 2008
Armando Rodríguez Carreón, El Diario de Ciudad Juárez, November 13, 2008
Eliseo Barrón Hernández, La Opinión, May 25, 2009
Norberto Miranda Madrid, Radio Visión, September 23, 2009
Bladimir Antuna García, El Tiempo de Durango, November 2, 2009
Valentín Valdés Espinosa, Zócalo de Saltillo, January 8, 2010
Luis Carlos Santiago, El Diario, September 16, 2010
Noel López Olguín, freelance, March 2011
Luis Emanuel Ruiz Carrillo, La Prensa, March 25, 2011
Maria Elizabeth Macías Castro, freelance, September 24, 2011
Regina Martínez Pérez, Proceso, April 28, 2012

Nepal
Dekendra Raj Thapa, Radio Nepal, August 11, 2004
Prakash Singh Thakuri, freelance, July 2007

Nicaragua
Carlos José Guadamuz, Canal 23, February 10, 2004

Nigeria
Bayo Ohu, The Guardian, September 20, 2009
Sunday Gyang Bwede, The Light Bearer, April 24, 2010
Nathan S. Dabak, The Light Bearer, April 24, 2010
Zakariya Isa, Nigeria Television Authority, October 22, 2011
Enenche Akogwu, Channels TV, January 20, 2012

Pakistan
Sajid Tanoli, Shumal, January 29, 2004
Allah Noor, Khyber TV, February 7, 2005
Amir Nowab, Associated Press Television News and Frontier Post, February 7, 2005
Hayatullah Khan, freelance, June 16, 2006
Zubair Ahmed Mujahid, Jang, November 23, 2007
Chishti Mujahid, Akbar-e-Jehan, February 9, 2008
Mohammed Ibrahim, Express TV and Daily Express, May 22, 2008
Abdul Razzak Johra, Royal TV, November 3, 2008
Musa Khankhel, Geo TV and The News, February 18, 2009
Janullah Hashimzada, freelance, August 24, 2009
Ghulam Rasool Birhamani, Daily Sindhu Hyderabad, May 9 or 10, 2010
Misri Khan, Ausaf and Mashriq, September 14, 2010
Nasrullah Khan Afridi, Pakistan Television and Mashriq, May 10, 2011
Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times Online, May 29 or 30, 2011
Faisal Qureshi, The London Post, October 7, 2011
Javed Naseer Rind, Daily Tawar, November 2011
Mukarram Khan Aatif, freelance, January 17, 2012
Razzaq Gul, Express News TV, May 19, 2012
Abdul Qadir Hajizai, WASH TV, May 28, 2012
Abdul Haq Baloch, ARY Television, September 29, 2012
Rehmatullah Abid, Dunya News TV, Intikhaab, November 18, 2012
Ayub Khattak, Karak Times, October 11, 2013

Panama
Darío Fernández Jaén, Radio Mi Favorita, November 6, 2011

Journalist Sokratis Giolias was gunned down by three assailants in Athens, Greece. Photograph: Icon/Reuters

Paraguay
Tito Alberto Palma, Radio Mayor Otaño and Radio Chaco Boreal, August 22, 2007

Peru
Antonio de la Torre Echeandía, Radio Órbita, February 14, 2004
Pedro Alfonso Flores Silva, Channel 6, September 8, 2011

Philippines
Rowell Endrinal, DZRC, February 11, 2004
Elpidio Binoya, Radyo Natin, June 17, 2004
Rogelio “Roger” Mariano, Radyo Natin-Aksyon Radyo, July 31, 2004
Arnnel Manalo, Bulgar and DZRH Radio, August 5, 2004
Romeo (or Romy) Binungcal, Remate and Bulgar, September 29, 2004
Eldy Sablas (aka Eldy Gabinales), Radio DXJR-FM, October 19, 2004
Herson Hinolan, Bombo Radiyo, November 13, 2004
Philip Agustin, Starline Times Recorder, May 10, 2005
Rolando “Dodong” Morales, DXMD, July 3, 2005
Fernando Batul, DZRH and DYPR, May 22, 2006
Maricel Vigo, DXND, June 19, 2006
George Vigo, Union of Catholic Asian News, June 19, 2006
Martin Roxas, DYVR, August 7, 2008
Dennis Cuesta, DXMD, August 9, 2008
Ernie Rollin, DXSY Radio, February 23, 2009
Crispin Perez, DWDO Radio, June 9, 2009
Henry Araneta, DZRH, November 23, 2009
Mark Gilbert Arriola, UNTV, November 23, 2009
Rubello Bataluna, Gold Star Daily, November 23, 2009
Arturo Betia, Periodico Ini, November 23, 2009
Romeo Jimmy Cabillo, Midland Review, November 23, 2009
Marites Cablitas, News Focus and DXDX, November 23, 2009
Hannibal Cachuela, Punto News, November 23, 2009
Jepon Cadagdagon, Saksi News, November 23, 2009
John Caniban, Periodico Ini, November 23, 2009
Lea Dalmacio, Socsargen News, November 23, 2009
Noel Decina, Periodico Ini, November 23, 2009
Gina Dela Cruz, Saksi News, November 23, 2009
Jhoy Duhay, Gold Star Daily, November 23, 2009
Jolito Evardo, UNTV, November 23, 2009
Santos Gatchalian, DXGO, November 23, 2009
Bienvenido Legarte Jr., Prontiera News, November 23, 2009
Lindo Lupogan, Mindanao Daily Gazette, November 23, 2009
Ernesto Maravilla, Bombo Radyo, November 23, 2009
Rey Merisco, Periodico Ini, November 23, 2009
Reynaldo Momay, Midland Review, November 23, 2009
Marife “Neneng” Montaño, Saksi News and DXCI, November 23, 2009
Rosell Morales, News Focus, November 23, 2009
Victor Nuñez, UNTV, November 23, 2009
Ronnie Perante, Gold Star Daily, November 23, 2009
Joel Parcon, Prontiera News, November 23, 2009
Fernando Razon, Periodico Ini, November 23, 2009
Alejandro Reblando, Manila Bulletin, November 23, 2009
Napoleon Salaysay, Mindanao Gazette, November 23, 2009
Ian Subang, Socsargen Today, November 23, 2009
Andres Teodoro, Central Mindanao Inquirer, November 23, 2009
Desidario Camangyan, Sunrise FM, June 14, 2010
Joselito Agustin, DZJC, June 16, 2010
Romeo Olea, DWEB, June 13, 2011
Christopher Guarin, Radyo Mo Nationwide and Tatak News, January 5, 2012
Mario Sy, freelance, August 1, 2013
Joas Dignos, DXGT Radio, November 29, 2013

Russia
Paul Klebnikov, Forbes Russia, July 9, 2004
Pavel Makeev, Puls, May 21, 2005
Magomedzagid Varisov, Novoye Delo, June 28, 2005
Vagif Kochetkov, Trud and Tulsky Molodoi Kommunar, January 8, 2006
Maksim Maksimov, Gorod, November 30, 2006
Ivan Safronov, Kommersant, March 2, 2007
Magomed Yevloyev, Ingushetiya, August 31, 2008
Telman (Abdulla) Alishayev, TV-Chirkei, September 2, 2008
Natalya Estemirova, Novaya Gazeta, Kavkazsky Uzel, July 15, 2009
Abdulmalik Akhmedilov, Hakikat and Sogratl, August 11, 2009
Gadzhimurad Kamalov, Chernovik, December 15, 2011
Kazbek Gekkiyev, VGTRK, December 5, 2012
Mikhail Beketov, Khimkinskaya Pravda, April 8, 2013
Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev, Novoye Delo, July 9, 2013

Rwanda
Jean-Léonard Rugambage, Umuvugizi, June 26, 2010

Saudi Arabia
Simon Cumbers, BBC, June 6, 2004

Serbia
Bardhyl Ajeti, Bota Sot, June 25, 2005

Sierra Leone
Harry Yansaneh, For Di People, July 28, 2005

Somalia
Kate Peyton, BBC, February 9, 2005
Martin Adler, freelance, June 23, 2006
Mahad Ahmed Elmi, Capital Voice, August 11, 2007
Ali Sharmarke, HornAfrik, August 11, 2007
Bashiir Noor Gedi, Radio Shabelle, October 19, 2007
Nasteh Dahir Farah, freelance, June 7, 2008
Hassan Mayow Hassan, Radio Shabelle, January 1, 2009
Said Tahlil Ahmed, HornAfrik, February 2, 2009
Mukhtar Mohamed Hirabe, Radio Shabelle, June 8, 2009
Sheikh Nur Mohamed Abkey, Radio Mogadishu, May 4, 2010
Abdisalan Sheikh Hassan, freelance, December 18, 2011
Hassan Osman Abdi, Shabelle Media Network, January 28, 2012
Abukar Hassan Mohamoud, Somaliweyn Radio, February 28, 2012
Ali Ahmed Abdi, freelance, March 4, 2012
Mahad Salad Adan, Shabelle Media Network, April 5, 2012
Farhan Jeemis Abdulle, Radio Daljir and Simba Radio, May 2, 2012
Ahmed Addow Anshur, Shabelle Media Network, May 24, 2012
Liban Ali Nur, Somali National TV, September 20, 2012
Abdisatar Daher Sabriye, Radio Mogadishu, September 20, 2012
Abdirahman Yasin Ali, Radio Hamar, September 20, 2012
Ahmed Farah Ilyas, Universal TV, October 23, 2012
Mohamed Mohamud Turyare, Shabelle Media Network, October 28, 2012
Abdihared Osman Aden, Shabelle Media Network, January 18, 2013
Mohamed Ibrahim Raage, Radio Mogadishu, Somali National Television, April 21, 2013
Liban Abdullahi Farah, Kalsan TV, July 7, 2013
Mohamed Mohamud, Universal TV, October 26, 2013

Somali journalist Mohamed Mohamud holds his camera in the Medina hospital compound in Mogadishu, Somalia. Photograph: Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP

Sri Lanka
Aiyathurai Nadesan, Virakesari, May 31, 2004
Bala Nadarajah Iyer, Thinamurasu and Thinakaran, August 16, 2004
Dharmeratnam Sivaram, TamilNet and Daily Mirror, April 29, 2005
Relangi Selvarajah, Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corp., August 12, 2005
Subramaniyam Sugitharajah, Sudar Oli, January 24, 2006
Subash Chandraboas, Nilam, April 16, 2007
Selvarajah Rajeewarnam, Uthayan, April 29, 2007
Paranirupasingham Devakumar, News 1st, May 28, 2008
Lasantha Wickramatunga, The Sunday Leader, January 8, 2009

Sudan
Mohammed Taha Mohammed Ahmed, Al-Wifaq, September 6, 2006

Syria
Ihsan al-Buni, Al-Thawra, July 12, 2012
Ali Abbas, SANA, August 11, 2012
Mosaab al-Obdaallah, Tishreen, August 22, 2012
Abdel Karim al-Oqda, Shaam News Network, September 19, 2012
Suhail Mahmoud al-Ali, Dunya TV, January 4, 2013
Mohammad Saeed, Al-Arabiya, October 29, 2013
Yasser Faisal al-Jumaili, freelance, December 4, 2013

Thailand
Athiwat Chaiyanurat, Matichon, Channel 7, August 1, 2008
Jaruek Rangcharoen, Matichon, September 27, 2008 ­
Wisut “Ae” Tangwittayaporn, Inside Phuket, January 12, 2012

Turkey
Cihan Hayırsevener, Güney Marmara’da Yaşam, December 19, 2009

Turkmenistan
Ogulsapar Muradova, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, September 2006

Uganda
Paul Kiggundu, TOP Radio and TV, September 11, 2010

Yemen
Muhammad al-Rabou’e, Al-Qahira, February 13, 2010

Zimbabwe
Edward Chikomba, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (former), March 31, 2007

Journalists should accept 'packages', says Nitin Gadkari

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Mumbai: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has courted a controversy asking journalists to “keep the packages (money) they get during the election season”.

“In the next 10-12 days, you journalists will have ‘Laxmi darshan’,” Gadkari said at a poll rally in Sawantwadi in coastal Konkan on Saturday. “Be it reporters or editors, there are separate packages for reporters, newspapers and their owners,” Gadkari said.

“Diwali has come. I have one request, keep whatever you get. Eat whatever you can,” he said. The state secretariat and legislature journalists association flayed Gadkari’s remarks. “Gadkari’s comments are highly objectionable,” president of Mantralaya Vidhimandal Vartahar Sangh, Pravin Puro said.

“Gadkari has said journalists accept ‘packages’ (for election coverage). Due to such statements, the image of journalists gets dented,” Puro said.

(PTI)

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