Safaa al-Ghali, Iraq

Safaa al-Ghali , a cameraman for  Iraqi cable news outlet Dijla TV, was shot on January 10 outside a police station in Basra while he was sitting in a car with his colleague after covering the anti-government protests. He was rushed to the hospital where he succumbed to injuries.  The interior minister of Iraq has ordered an investigation into the killings.

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