Press freedom groups warn of rising trend as another journalist killed in Iraq
Freelance cameraman Tahrir Kadhim Jawad was killed yesterday by a bomb explosion believed to have been caused by a device attached to his car
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Press freedom and safety groups have voiced concerns over escalating dangers to the media in Iraq following the killing of a journalist this week.
Freelance cameraman Tahrir Kadhim Jawad was killed yesterday by a bomb explosion believed to have been caused by a device attached to his car, according to a report from the Committee to Protect Journalists. The organisation added that it was concerned about a "rising trend of fatal attacks on journalists" in the country.
It is being reported locally that Jawad was killed in Garma, within the Al Anbar province, while he was delivering video footage, the CPJ adds.
"We extend our condolences to the family of our fallen colleague Tahrir Kadhim Jawad," Mohamed Abdel Dayem, CPJ's Middle East and North Africa program coordinator said in a report.
"As the country's internal security situation has steadily deteriorated over the past months, we have witnessed Iraq's rapid degeneration into one of the most dangerous places for journalists to work, and this only after a short-lived period of relative calm. Jawad is the third journalist to be murdered in Iraq in less than a month."
According to research by the CPJ, Iraq was the deadliest country for journalists every year from 2003 to 2008. Last month Reporters Without Borders claimed that the war in Iraq had resulted in the heaviest death toll for the media since the Second World War.
Its report, "The Iraq War: A Heavy Death Toll for the Media", documented a total of 230 killed journalists and media workers in the country since 2003, using the results of a study carried out by the organisation into the seven years of occupation by coalition forces.
