Monday, September 29, 2008

Russia: Two Journalist Brutally Attacked

Seeing that our group project consisted of the slaying of Anna Politkovskaya this topic seemed to be relevant to our media concentration.
Two journalists were brutally attacked in North Caucasus, Russia one being killed. The men were reportedly targeted for there work, journalism, and the attacks have been ordinary in Russia from recent years.
One of the men was shot to death while the other was beaten and left with a fractured skull. The attacks were on an Islamic TV reporter and an opposition newspaper editor. Russia is considered one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists and this situation concretes those thoughts to a severe degree

http://mnweekly.ru/news/20080905/55345246.html

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