Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled by the increasingly deadly environment for local reporters covering the political situation in Iraq, where two more journalists were shot dead after covering anti-government protests in the southeastern city of Basra on 10 January. Ahmad Abdelsamad, a reporter for the Iraqi TV channel Dijlah TV, and his cameraman, Safaa Ghali, were shot in their car by unidentified gunmen. Abdelsamad was killed instantly by a shot to the head while Ghali died of his injuries after being taken to hospital. They had just covered Basra’s response to calls on social networks for another day of...
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