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UNESCO chief deplores killing of Pakistani cameraman

2 June 2006
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today deplored the killing of Munir Ahmed Sangi, a Pakistani cameraman who was shot dead on Monday while covering a gunfight in the south-eastern part of his country.
Koïchiro Matsuura

UNESCO chief condemns murder of Iraqi educator, CBS crew members

30 May 2006
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today condemned the assassination of a senior Iraqi Education Ministry official and denounced the growing number of attacks against educators in the country while also deploring the killing two CBS television crew members, the latest media professionals to die while covering the war.
Mr. Matsuura

UNESCO condemns yet one more murder of journalist in Philippines

19 May 2006
Just a day after deploring an attack on a Christian radio station in Kenya, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today again exerted its role as defender of freedom of the press, condemning the murder of a Philippines photographer.
Koïchiro Matsuura

UNESCO condemns attack on Christian radio station in Kenya

18 May 2006
In its latest defence of freedom of expression and the media, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today condemned last week’s attack on a Christian radio station in Nairobi, Kenya, that left one person dead and two others injured.
Koïchiro Matsuura

Two more journalists killed as UNESCO presents press freedom prize

4 May 2006
Even as he presented an award to a Lebanese journalist who lost a hand and a leg in an attempted car bomb assassination, the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) had to deplore the murder of two more media professionals on the eve of the ceremony and in the very country hosting it.
Mr. Matsuura

UNESCO chief condemns killings of journalists in Iraq and the Philippines

30 January 2006
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today condemned the murders of an Iraqi television journalist reporting on fighting in the city of Ramadi and two Philippine journalists gunned down in their own towns.

UNESCO condemns murders of journalists in Philippines, Bangladesh

22 November 2005
Stressing yet again that a free press is vital for democracy, the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today deplored the murder of two journalists in the Philippines and a third in Bangladesh.

After yet another killing, UNESCO renews call for protecting reporters in Iraq

2 September 2005
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) reiterated its call for measures to improve the safety of journalists in Iraq, where more than 80 reporters or support staff have been killed since the start of the war in 2003.

UNESCO chief condemns killing of journalist in Baghdad

31 August 2005
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) condemned the killing of Reuters engineer Walled Khaled in Baghdad on 28 August and the wounding of his colleague Haider Kadhem, and he urged authorities to remember that journalists should be allowed to operate freely.

Sri Lankan journalist’s murder will only foment more violence – UNESCO

22 August 2005
In yet another appeal for the protection of reporters, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has condemned the murder of a Sri Lankan journalist as a blow to efforts to achieve peace in the Indian Ocean island.