tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post3079686929404542983..comments2024-02-15T21:24:23.524-08:00Comments on Today in The Endless War: War News for Friday, May 04, 2012Cervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post-1913427834967416212012-05-04T18:37:48.367-07:002012-05-04T18:37:48.367-07:00Violence against media worsening in Iraq
The JFO ...<a href="http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=52024" rel="nofollow">Violence against media worsening in Iraq</a><br /><br />The JFO said three journalists were killed in attacks over the past year, while seven others survived assassination attempts. Thirty-one others were beaten by what the rights group said were uniformed and plain-clothes security forces, and 65 were arrested.<br /><br />It said it had compiled 84 cases of security forces banning media coverage, 43 cases of them blocking the free movement of reporters and 12 instances of cameras being destroyed or confiscated.<br /><br />Two media organisations were raided by security forces, the JFO said, and a radio station in southern Iraq was shut down.<br /><br />The organisation also voiced alarm over what it argued were vague and far-reaching laws, from a journalists' protection law that contains provisions for authorities to limit information, and a bill that penalises Internet use that contravenes ill-defined terms such as "public interests."<br /><br />"Official security decrees limiting journalists' work have been on the rise in the past year, despite government statements to the contrary," the JFO said.<br /><br />Iraq regularly ranks near the bottom of global press freedom rankings. It placed 152nd out of 179 countries in media rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders' 2011-2012 World Press Freedom Index, down 22 from the year before.Dancewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733269960341895623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post-62540927486454276202012-05-04T18:23:21.089-07:002012-05-04T18:23:21.089-07:00Still some US troops in Iraq<a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/military-observers-look-on-as-iraqi-soldiers-attend-news-photo/143564397" rel="nofollow">Still some US troops in Iraq</a>Dancewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733269960341895623noreply@blogger.com