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At least 75 media workers killed in Syria since 2011: report

Xinhua, March 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

Journalists paid a very high price to inform the public about the human sufferings and the conflict situation in Syria, a report delivered at the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council's 28th session said here Tuesday.

According to the report, made by the Swiss-based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), at least 75 media workers have been killed in Syria since March 2011.

"During the past three years, Syria was the most dangerous place for journalists to work," the statement said.

The statement noted that a peak in the horror was reached in recent months, when three journalists were beheaded by the Islamic State: Kenji Goto from Japan, and Steven Sotloff and James Foley from the United States.

The PEC also mentioned its concern over the fate of Mazen Darwish, the director of the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression, who has been detained since February 2012 along with his two colleagues Hani Zitani and Hussein Al Ghurair, and called for their immediate release.

A non-governmental organization with special consultative UN status, the PEC was founded in June 2004 by a group of journalists from several countries with the aim of strengthening the legal protection and safety of journalists in zones of conflict and civil unrest or on dangerous missions. Endit