Brussels, 29 February 2008 : Shihab Al-Timini, President of Iraqi Union of Journalists succumbed on February 27th to wounds sustained in a targeted attack by gunmen last week-end. He suffered a heart attack and died in hospital where he was taken after sustaining wounds to the stomach, shoulder and face when his car was hit by a hail of bullets in the attack.
“This assassination of a courageous and veteran champion of journalists’ rights causes deep pain for all of us,” said Aidan White, IFJ General Secretary. “Journalists all around the world share the grief of our Iraqi colleagues. We send them our deepest sympathy and we pledge to stand alongside them in defiance of the killers.”
For more informtion please click here:
The International Federation of Journalists today expressed deep regret and shock at the death of the President of the Iraqi Union of Journalists in Baghdad who has succumbed to wounds sustained in a targeted attack by gunmen at the weekend.
Shihab Al-Timimi, 75, suffered a heart attack today and died in hospital where he was taken after sustaining wounds to the stomach, shoulder and face when his car was hit by a hail of bullets in the attack. His son Rabei was also in the car and was slightly injured. Please click here for more..... www.ifj.org
28 February 2008
view larger image
Iraqi delegates: a call for solidarity
A delegation of Iraqi transport workers visited the UK last week to call for international solidarity with Iraqi trade unionists who are facing the brunt of anti-union laws. For more information please click here: www.itfglobal.org