10 August 2006

Alert

Four Iraqi men arrested in connection with kidnapping of American journalist Jill Carroll


Incident details

Jill Carroll

journalist(s)

kidnapped
(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 9 August 2006 CPJ press release:

CPJ welcomes news of arrests in Jill Carroll?s kidnapping

New York, August 9, 2006 - The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes reports that the U.S. military arrested four Iraqi men in the kidnapping of American freelance journalist Jill Carroll in Baghdad today.

"In a time of increasing dangers to journalists in Iraq, it is certainly welcome news that these four individuals have been detained and will be held accountable for the kidnapping and lengthy detention of our colleague Jill Carroll," said CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon.

"While these arrests are a significant and positive development, and mark an important step towards ending impunity in crimes against the press in Iraq, they come at a time when four local Iraqi journalists have been murdered in the last 10 days and journalists of all backgrounds are being targeted for violence. More must be done to make it safer to report the news in Iraq," said Simon.

CPJ is a New York-based, independent, nonprofit organization that works to safeguard press freedom worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.cpj.org



Source:

Committee to Protect Journalists
330 7th Ave., 11th Floor
New York, NY 10001
USA
info (@) cpj.org
Phone: +1 212 465 1004
Fax: +1 212 465 9568
 

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More on this case

CPJ welcomes release of freelance reporter Jill Carroll 30 March 2006 Al Jazeera airs troubling new videotape of hostage Jill Carroll 31 January 2006 CPJ welcomes calls by leading Muslims for U.S. reporter's release 20 January 2006 Kidnappers threaten to kill reporter 18 January 2006 CPJ appeals for release of U.S. freelance journalist seized in Iraq; Iraqi interpreter murdered 10 January 2006

Iraq

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