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Three journalists killed in past week in Iraq, death toll now 138
Australian News.Net
Monday 4th December, 2006
The murder of yet three more Iraqi media workers, has taken the number of journalists killed in the war-torn country to 138.
The latest death occurred Monday when the editor of a local news radio station was shot to death. It follows two other murders in recent days.
Raad Jaafar Hamadi, a journalist with the daily Al Sabah, was shot dead in his car in the east of Baghdad on 22 November. Fadhila Abdelkarim, an administrative staff worker of TV station Nainawa, was shot outside her home in Mosul on 26 November.
The head of the United Nations body mandated to protect freedom of expression on Monday paid tribute to the courage of journalists willing to face dangers in Iraq.
"The shocking number of media professionals killed in Iraq continues to grow week after week, and since January more than 35 journalists have paid with their lives for their determination to fulfil their mission," UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Ko chiro Matsuura said in a statement.
According to Reporters without Borders (RSF), a total of 138 journalists and media assistants have been killed in Iraq since the start of the war in 2003, while 51 have been kidnapped. Four of the kidnap victims are still being held hostage, according to RSF.
"I am truly impressed by the courage of Iraqi journalists willing to face such danger and I call on the authorities, once again, to do all they can to provide them with better protection," Mr. Matsuura said.
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