Gunmen on Wednesday killed an Iraqi TV journalist – the second to be slain in two days – according to news reports. Al-Mosuliyah satellite television reporter Sabah al-Khayat was shot dead while leaving for work in the northern city of Mosul. On Tuesday, well-known al-Iraqiya television anchor and reporter Riyad al-Saray was killed by unknown […]

A freelance cameraman for US-funded Al-Hurra TV satellite channel was among 10 Iraqis killed in violence across Baghdad and the north of the country on Monday. Tahrir Kadhim Jawad was killed when a magnetic “sticky bomb” attached to his car detonated in the town of Garma, 50 km (30 miles) west of the Iraqi capital.  […]

Gunmen shot and killed a young journalist in Iraq, at home in front of his family on Sunday, CNN reported, quoting an Interior Ministry official. Mazin al-Baghdadi was employed as an anchor and reporter for al-Mousiliyya TV in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul, according to news reports. The gunmen were dressed as civilians, arrived at […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern over draft Italian cyber bullying legislation that would allow purported victims to secure the removal of offensive content without judicial oversight. Under the bill, passed by the Chamber of Deputies last month, online service providers – including web sites, social media networks and instant messaging platforms – […]