.Journalists call for inquiry over Iraq deaths
The International Federation of Journalists has called for an immediate inquiry following what it believes are "targeted attacks" on journalists in Iraq this week.
Three journalists have been killed in Iraq in the past two days. In a statement, the IFJ called two of the deaths "assassinations", while the circumstances surrounding the death of the third are unclear.
On Monday night, Iraqi journalist Abdul Wahab Abdul Razeq Ahmad al-Qaisie was found dead, 10 days after he was abducted by masked militiamen in the New Baghdad district of the capital, said the IFJ's Iraqi syndicate.
He was the editor-in-chief of Iraqi magazine Kol al-Dounia and had worked as a freelancer for European newspapers for the past 40 years.
On Tuesday, the body of Adel Najee al-Mansouri, a reporter for Iranian TV channel al-Alam, was discovered a day after armed men took him from his house in the al-Amiriyah district of Baghdad, the IFJ said.
A third journalist, Riyad Atto, the editor of a newspaper in Talafar, was also dead.
The IFJ's Iraqi syndicate also claimed police working for the Iraqi ministry of the interior yesterday attacked and beat Ali al-Yassi, who works for US-based Arabic-language satellite channel al-Hurra.
"The events of the last few days are shocking," said the IFJ general secretary, Aidan White. "The Iraqi government and the military authorities must act to end these targeted attacks on journalists.
"We need a full investigation into what has happened, information as to who is responsible and action taken to bring the killers to justice."
The federation said this week's deaths bring to 134 the number of journalists and media staff killed in Iraq since the US invasion three years ago.
Guardian
Three journalists have been killed in Iraq in the past two days. In a statement, the IFJ called two of the deaths "assassinations", while the circumstances surrounding the death of the third are unclear.
On Monday night, Iraqi journalist Abdul Wahab Abdul Razeq Ahmad al-Qaisie was found dead, 10 days after he was abducted by masked militiamen in the New Baghdad district of the capital, said the IFJ's Iraqi syndicate.
He was the editor-in-chief of Iraqi magazine Kol al-Dounia and had worked as a freelancer for European newspapers for the past 40 years.
On Tuesday, the body of Adel Najee al-Mansouri, a reporter for Iranian TV channel al-Alam, was discovered a day after armed men took him from his house in the al-Amiriyah district of Baghdad, the IFJ said.
A third journalist, Riyad Atto, the editor of a newspaper in Talafar, was also dead.
The IFJ's Iraqi syndicate also claimed police working for the Iraqi ministry of the interior yesterday attacked and beat Ali al-Yassi, who works for US-based Arabic-language satellite channel al-Hurra.
"The events of the last few days are shocking," said the IFJ general secretary, Aidan White. "The Iraqi government and the military authorities must act to end these targeted attacks on journalists.
"We need a full investigation into what has happened, information as to who is responsible and action taken to bring the killers to justice."
The federation said this week's deaths bring to 134 the number of journalists and media staff killed in Iraq since the US invasion three years ago.
Guardian
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