Prison Planet and Reporters Without Borders – 2007-09-01 10:23:46
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/may2007/290507_b_Gunmen.htm
Gunmen Kill Journalist who Reported on US Army Excesses in Kirkuk
Prison Planet
(May 29, 2007) — Unidentified gunmen yesterday assassinated an Iraqi journalist who reported on the excesses of the United States troops who are engaged in a peace keeping mission in the Northern oil town of Kirkuk.
Mahmoud Hasib Kassab, an ethnic Turkmen who was the chief editor of a Turkmen language newspaper, was killed in front of his home, according to the police reports.
Kassab was the eighth journalist killed this month in Iraq, the worst month for Iraqi journalists this year. Reporters sans frontières has recorded 22 deaths of reporters in the country, making it the most dangerous place in the word for media workers.
Iraq Is Deadliest Place on Earth for Reporters
Reporters without Borders
Press Freedom Barometer: 2007
• 64 journalists killed
• 11 media assistants killed
• 132 journalists imprisoned
• 6 media assistants imprisoned
• 66 cyber dissidents imprisoned
Afghanistan (2)
5 June 2007 – Zakia Zaki, director of Sada-e-Sulh radio station (Radio Peace)
8 April 2007 – Adjmal Nashqbandi, La Repubblica
Brazil (1)
5 May 2007 – Luiz Carlos Barbom Filho, Jornal do porto
China (1)
11 January 2007 – Lan Chengzhang, Zhongguo Maoyi Bao
D.R. Congo (1)
Serge Maheshe, Radio Okapi
Haïti (1)
19 January 2007 – Jean-Rémy Badiau, freelance photographer
Iraq (40)
27 July 2007 – Adnane al-Safi, Al-Anwar
17 July 2007 – Majid Mohammed, Kirkouk Alyoum
17 July 2007 – Mustafa Darwich Germayani, Kirkouk Alyoum
13 July 2007 – Khaled W. Hassan, New York Times
12 July 2007 – Namir Noor-Eldeene, Reuters
28 June 2007 – Louaï Souleimane, Nineveh
27 June 2007 – Sarmad Hamdi Al-Hassani, Bagdad TV
26 June 2007 – Hamid Abd Sarhane, Irakioun
25 June 2007 – Rahim Al-Maliki, Al-Iraqiya
14 June 2007 – Filaih Wadi Mijthab, al-Sabah
13 June 2007 – Sahar Hussein Haydari, Aswat al-Iraq
11 June 2007 – Aref Ali Falih, Aswat al-Iraq
8 June 2007 – Mohammed Hilal Karji , Bagdad TV
1 June 2007 – Saif Fakhri, APTN
30 May 2007 – Nizar Al-Radhi, Aswat Al-Irak
29 May 2007 – Abdel-Rahmane Al-Issaoui, Independant
28 May 2007 – Mahmoud Hassib Al-Kassab , Al-Hawadith
26 May 2007 – Aidan Abdallah Al-Jamiji, Kirkouk TV
20 May 2007 – Ali Khalil, Al-Zaman
17 May 2007 – Saif Laith Yousuf, ABC
17 May 2007 – Alaa Uldeen Aziz, ABC
9 May 2007 – Raad Mutasha al-Issawi, Al-Iraq Al-Ghad, Al-Raad
9 May 2007 – Nibras Abdel-Razak Obaid, Al-Iraq Al-Ghad, Al-Raad
9 May 2007 – Imad Obaid, Al-Iraq Al-Ghad, Al-Raad
6 May 2007 – Dmitry Chebotayev, Newsweek
12 April 2007 – Iman Yussef Abdallah , The sound of Mossul
9 April 2007 – Othman al-Mashhadani, Al-Watan
6 April 2007 – Khamail Khalaf, Radio Free Europe
5 April 2007 – Thaer Ahmed Jabr, Baghdad TV
19 March 2007 – Hamid al-Duleimi, al-Nahrain
16 March 2007 – Hussein al Jaburi, al-Safir
7 March 2007 – Yussef Sabri, Biladi TV
4 March 2007 – Mohan Hussein al-Dhahr, al-Mishrak
3 March 2007 – Jamal Riyah Al Zoubaidi, As-Safir
20 February 2007 – Abderrazak Hashim Al-Khakani, Jumhuriyat Al Iraq
19 February 2007 – Hussein Al Zubaydi, al-Ahali
28 January 2007 – Munjid Al-Tumaimi, Freelance photographer
15 January 2007 – Falah Khalaf Al Diyali, Al Saha
14 January 2007 – Yassin Aid Assef, Al Sabah
12 January 2007 – Khoudr Younes al-Obaidi, Freelance
Mexico (2)
16 April 2007 – Saúl Martínez Ortega, Diario de Agua Prieta, Interdiario
6 April 2007 – Amado Ramírez, Radiorama Acapulco, Televisa
Pakistan (4)
3 July 2007 – Javed Khan, DM Digital TV
17 June 2007 – Nisar Ahmed Solangi, Khabroon
2 June 2007 – Noor Hakim, Urdu-language daily Pakistan and vice-president of the Tribal Union of Journalists
28 April 2007 – Mehboob Khan, Free-lance
Palestinian Authority (1)
13 May 2007 – Suleyman Al-Aashi, Filistin
Paraguay (1)
22 August 2007 – Tito Palma, Radio Mayor Otaño – Radio Chaco Boreal
Peru (1)
16 March 2007 – Miguel Pérez Julca, Radio Exitos
Somalia (6)
11 August 2007 – Mahad Ahmed Elmi, Radio Capital Voice
11 August 2007 – Ali Iman Sharmarke, HornAfrik
15 May 2007 – Abshir Ali Gabra, Radio Johwar, Radio Quran Kariim
15 May 2007 – Ahmed Hassan, Radio Johwar, Somalia Broadcasting Corporation
5 May 2007 – Mohammed Abdullahi Khalif, Radio Voice of Peace
16 February 2007 – Ali Mohammed Omar, Radio Warsan
Turkey (1)
19 January 2007 – Hrant Dink, Agos
United States (1)
2 August 2007 – Chauncey Bailey, Oakland Post
Zimbabwe (1)
31 March 2007 – Edward Chikomba, Freelance
