Iraqi journalists fear for lives after Basra reporters killed

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/iraqi-journalists-fear-lives-basra-reporters-killed-200112190231977.html
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Basra, Iraq - Dozens of journalists in Iraq's southern city of Basra have launched a campaign to highlight the dangers they face following the murder of two reporters amid ongoing anti-government protests.

Ahmad Abdelsamad, a 39-year-old correspondent for local television station Dijla, and his cameraman Safaa Ghali, 37, were killed near a police station late on Friday in Basra. A group of armed men in a 4x4 vehicle approached their car and opened fire, according to witnesses.

Shihab Ahmed, a Basra-based journalist, told Al Jazeera there is a growing sense of fear among journalists in the city and across Iraq, where at least five journalists have been killed since protests began in October.
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