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UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova.
UNESCO/Ania Freindorf

UNESCO chief calls for probe into killing of Cambodian and Filipino journalists

20 September 2012
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today condemned the recent killings of two journalists in South-East Asia – one in Cambodia and the other in the Philippines – and called for investigations into their deaths.
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova.
UNESCO/D. Bijeljac

UNESCO chief speaks out against deaths of journalists in Syria and Eritrea

12 September 2012
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today condemned the recent killing of a Syrian journalist, and voiced grave concern over the death of three Eritrean media workers who had been kept in a prison camp for over a decade.