Tag Archives: journalists
Urgent Plight of #Iran’s Journalists and #HumanRights Activists in #Turkey
Respected United Nations General Secretary, UN High Commissionaire for Refugees and Respected Foreign Ministers of Countries who Support Human Rights : Iranian journalists are amongst those who have become victims of human rights abuse, as a result of their work in promoting human rights in Iran and have been oppressed by Iran’s security agents and […]
News and Comments 6 Feb 2012
Activists protest outside #Syria’s embassy in #Mauritania A young female activists addresses the crowd, voicing their demands for an end to the killing in Syria and that Assad and his brutal regime should step down. A cultural festival in Mauritania was marred by sandstorms Aziz lack of fashion flair spoiled it for me. What a […]
Journalists, monitors, civilians: all #Syria Massacre targets
French TV reporter Gilles Jacquier has been killed in the Syrian city of Homs, the first Western journalist to die in the country’s current unrest. He was on a government-authorised trip to the city, the France 2 channel said. Syrian TV said Jacquier was among eight killed. A colleague said that minutes earlier they had […]
Too much is not good enough
Handle With Care, Approach With Caution In the byline of this New York Times article, a reporter in Damascus remains nameless, a sensible precaution, essential for their protection. However, in the text, every tiny sliver of information imaginable is shared about the activists working behind the scenes, and desperately trying to remain undetected. If their identity […]
