REFUGEE REPORTING
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Torn apart by civil war since 2011, Syria remains the deadliest country for journalists. The conflict has now claimed the lives of 139 members of the media. In addition to daily threats, censorship and kidnappings, an unprecedented number of journalists have been killed by the Syrian regime of President Bashar Al-Assad and rebel groups. This context of fear and instability has pushed hundreds of Syrian journalists to flee Syria and seek refuge in neighbouring Turkey or Jordan.
Since 2008, 19 Cuban journalists have left the Caribbean island out of fear of arrest, attack or reprisal, according to CPJ. The regime led by the Castro brothers since the 1970s has on numerous occasions silenced critical voices, the most significant being the Primavera Negra or Black Spring, when in 2003 the Cuban government imprisoned 75 dissidents, including 29 journalists, accused of acting as agents of the US by accepting aid from the US government. Such repression has led many into exile.
The activities of the Al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), has had a chilling effect on safety of journalists in both Iraq and Syria. In September 2013, ISIS publicly announced that any reporter crossing illegally into Syria from the Turkish border would be arrested and held indefinitely. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, 13 journalists have been killed and 38 abducted by ISIS. The ensuing climate of fear has forced many journalists to flee.
Torn apart by civil war since 2011, Syria remains the deadliest country for journalists. The conflict has now claimed the lives of 139 members of the media. In addition to daily threats, censorship and kidnappings, an unprecedented number of journalists have been killed by the Syrian regime of President Bashar Al-Assad and rebel groups. This context of fear and instability has pushed hundreds of Syrian journalists to flee Syria and seek refuge in neighbouring Turkey or Jordan.
ENEMIES OF EXILED JOURNALISTS
JOURNALISTS ARE FORCED INTO EXILE FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF REASONS, BUT INCREASINGLY THEY ARE BEING TARGETED BY VARIOUS ELEMENTS IN THEIR COUNTRIES. THESE PICTURES SHOW SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS, GOVERNMENTS AND GROUPS RESPONSIBLE FOR TARGETING JOURNALISTS AND FORCING MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA INTO EXILE
