Call to action

Aidan White is back in action in this post, after that post, with a call to action announced this week from the International Federation of Journalists for security for mediafolk in Iraq,

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on the international community to take special action to confront the human tragedy in Iraq where the killings of journalists and media staff have reached “shocking proportions that can no longer be ignored.”
The IFJ was responding to the latest killings of five media workers in Iraq and the increasing frustration of Iraqi journalists who feel that their suffering is not being taken seriously by major players on the international media scene.
“This is not a numbers game,” said IFJ General Secretary Aidan White. “The international community must stand up and take fresh action to alleviate the distress of journalists and media under siege in Iraq.”
The IFJ says it is working with the Iraqi Journalists’ Syndicate (IJS) and the Kurdistan Journalists’ Syndicate (KJS) to try to create self-defence mechanisms inside Iraq where at least 234 media workers have been killed since the invasion in 2003. link