The Committee to Protect
Journalists condemned the "unacceptable" killings Wednesday of veteran US
reporter Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik in the Syrian town of
Homs.
"Our colleagues Colvin and Ochlik gave their lives to report a story of grave importance, a story the Syrian government has sought to choke off from rest of the world," said CPJ deputy director Robert Mahoney in a statement.
"Our colleagues Colvin and Ochlik gave their lives to report a story of grave importance, a story the Syrian government has sought to choke off from rest of the world," said CPJ deputy director Robert Mahoney in a statement.
"The killing of these
journalists, who were observers in a conflict zone, represents an unacceptable
escalation in the price that local and international journalists are being
forced to pay."
Colvin, who worked for
Britain's Sunday Times, and Ochlik were killed by what activists said was shelling by
President Bashar al-Assad's forces.
Three other Western
journalists were wounded in the attack on a makeshift media center in the Baba
Amr district, including Colvin's British photographer colleague Paul Conroy and
French reporter Edith Bouvier of Le Figaro.
The shelling was condemned
by governments across the West.
Syrian authorities insisted
they were not aware Colvin and Ochlik had entered the country and urged foreign
reporters in Syria to register with the government.
However, reporters have
found it impossible to gain access to the fighting without making clandestine
trips.
-AFP/NOW Lebanon
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