Iraqi Female Journalist Dead and Threats of Beheading Female TV Broadcasters in Gaza Strip
CPJ NEWS: Iraqi journalist who endured abductions, threats is slain in Mosul
New York, June 7, 2007—An Iraqi journalist who had been abducted, shot and threatened with death was slain in Mosul today by unidentified gunmen who answered her cell phone after the killing and told the caller "she went to hell."The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the murder of Sahar Hussein Ali al-Haydari, 44, a correspondent for the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) and the independent news agency Aswat al-Iraq and a contributor to a number of other Iraqi media outlets. She also was a journalist trainee and correspondent for the London-based Institute for War and Peace Reporting, an organization that trains local journalists in war coverage."We are outraged by the murder of our colleague Sahar Hussein Ali al-Haydari and offer our condolences to her family and friends," said Joel Simon, CPJ's executive director. "The constant threats and abductions she endured, and her eventual murder, are stark reminders of the sacrifice she made to tell the Iraqi story to the world. Her death is even harder to bear because she was a personal friend and colleague." Al-Haydari visited CPJ's offices in New York in late 2005, and CPJ helped relocate her husband and four children to Damascus, Syria, after she received death threats. Al-Haydari was shopping in Mosul's Al-Hadbaa neighborhood when four unidentified gunmen got out of their vehicle, gunned her down and fled the scene, taking her cell phone with them, local journalists told CPJ...
In the meantime, the lives of female journalists in Gaza strip is threatned by Islamist who promise to cut their throats from vein to vein. The fanatical Gaza Islamist group "Swords of Truth" threatened to "cut the throats from vein to vein" of female TV broadcasters if they don't wear strict Islamic dress.
But, this didn't stop several brave female Gaza reporters from protesting against this Islamic threat .
The women berated the Islamist group, via BBC:
New York, June 7, 2007—An Iraqi journalist who had been abducted, shot and threatened with death was slain in Mosul today by unidentified gunmen who answered her cell phone after the killing and told the caller "she went to hell."The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the murder of Sahar Hussein Ali al-Haydari, 44, a correspondent for the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) and the independent news agency Aswat al-Iraq and a contributor to a number of other Iraqi media outlets. She also was a journalist trainee and correspondent for the London-based Institute for War and Peace Reporting, an organization that trains local journalists in war coverage."We are outraged by the murder of our colleague Sahar Hussein Ali al-Haydari and offer our condolences to her family and friends," said Joel Simon, CPJ's executive director. "The constant threats and abductions she endured, and her eventual murder, are stark reminders of the sacrifice she made to tell the Iraqi story to the world. Her death is even harder to bear because she was a personal friend and colleague." Al-Haydari visited CPJ's offices in New York in late 2005, and CPJ helped relocate her husband and four children to Damascus, Syria, after she received death threats. Al-Haydari was shopping in Mosul's Al-Hadbaa neighborhood when four unidentified gunmen got out of their vehicle, gunned her down and fled the scene, taking her cell phone with them, local journalists told CPJ...
In the meantime, the lives of female journalists in Gaza strip is threatned by Islamist who promise to cut their throats from vein to vein. The fanatical Gaza Islamist group "Swords of Truth" threatened to "cut the throats from vein to vein" of female TV broadcasters if they don't wear strict Islamic dress.
But, this didn't stop several brave female Gaza reporters from protesting against this Islamic threat .
The women berated the Islamist group, via BBC:
"Shame on you," news anchor Sally Abed - one of 15 female anchors for Palestinian TV - said on Sunday, addressing the Islamist group. "The people working in this institution are your people - if it's not your sister, it's your mother."
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5 comments:
Serendip. Makes me cry. Journalists are the least protected voices of a nation's conscience and awareness. All the same, how cowardly to kill a person who thinks, writes and talks, because of those very reasons. I'm sitting here, just crying, because some days the depths of ignorance in the world frightens me, thinking that it may never go away; that there may never be enlightenment in those parts of the world. I wonder how powerful and mighty those men feel like right now, having swiftly eliminated their "enemy," and the cell phone episode was also a nice touch, putting the finishing touches on barbarism in action. Thanks for telling me things I need to know Serendip.
Nazy Jan: Your words eloquently express everything I feel about this sad state of affairs in that part of the world. I'm almost thinking of giving up and losing all faith. Forgive me for not having been by your blog. I've been preoccupied with a sad situation here for a dear young Middle Eastern girl who has only been here for a couple of years and is badly treated by her middle eastern husband. I can't begin to tell you how emotionally exhausted I feel and how hard I've been trying to do something about it.
It's always glorious to see you and read your words. Thanks.
Nazy, stop crying, Nane joon. We've been put here becuase we are are retarded. G-d put us here becuase He couldn't find any better place to keep insane and dangerous souls away from advanced ones. We'll hurt each other until one by one we realize something is wrong with our brains and start doing something about it. We just have to learn how to deal with a crazy possessed majority for a while(including ourselves!)fortunatley as that persian saying goes: only the first 100 years of life is hard!!!!!!
This is absolutely horrible! If it weren't for the females carrying their ignorant butts in the womb, they wouldn't be here!
I find it interesting to note the difference in that Iranians are willing to DIE and sadly, here in Venezuela, we see a lot of passivism and surrender when things get tough! A Lot of apathy. May the Iranians win the freedom they deserve.
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