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Terrorists Target Journalists
Around the world, journalists are being kidnapped, tortured and killed as the high-profile targets of violent extremists. In Syria, Iraq and Turkey, ISIS militants have executed more than 20 journalists since 2014. Many more have been kidnapped. Some European governments have paid ransoms to release journalists; the US government does not. Governments and news organizations are wrestling with how to protect journalists reporting from regions stalked by extremists.
In a video posted online by ISIS militants in Syria in January 2015, Japanese journalist Kenji Goto is seen moments before he is executed. Goto was kidnapped after traveling to Syria in October 2014 to cover the civil war and seek the release of a friend. A veteran war reporter, Goto covered conflicts from Kosovo to Iraq for major Japanese news outlets. he was 47. |