22 December 2004

MILITANTS RELEASE FRENCH JOURNALISTS


Two French journalists who have been held captive by militants in Iraq for more than four months have been released, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).

The French government has confirmed an Al-Jazeera report that Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot have been set free. They are in Amman, Jordan, and are expected to arrive in France on 22 December.

Chesnot, a reporter for Radio France Internationale, and Malbrunot, a correspondent for "Le Figaro" magazine, were abducted by militants on 20 August 2004. Their Syrian driver, Mohammed al-Jundi, was also abducted but later found by US troops during the
November siege of Najaf (see: http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/61001/).
Visit:
- RSF: http://www.rsf.org
- BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4115975.stm
- Le Figaro: http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/20041221.FIG0272.html
- Radio France Internationale: http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/060/article_32576.asp
- Committee to Protect Journalists:
http://www.cpj.org/Briefings/2003/gulf03/iraq_conflict_main.html


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Iraq

Journalist protection law falls short, should be repealed, says CPJ 25 January 2012 Journalist illegally detained, while another is attacked 23 January 2012 News media torched, journalists attacked and arrested in outbreak of violence 5 December 2011 New wave of abuses and intimidation against the media 31 October 2011 Series of new attacks and acts of intimidation against journalists 21 October 2011 See all alerts: Iraq


Middle East

IRAN: Translator and poet arrested, whereabouts unknown 9 February 2012 BAHRAIN: Authorities urged to grant entry to journalists 9 February 2012 SAUDI ARABIA: Journalist flees country following detention order over tweets 9 February 2012 SYRIA: Journalist killed in Homs 9 February 2012 KUWAIT: Electoral campaign marred by attacks, prosecutions against media 9 February 2012


 
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