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welcome back to world view
now one year ago two journalists were brutally murdered by the syrian
government
recalls the and photo journalist randy into it
recovering the genocide of rebels that by the assault government
rian ready we're to have ninety journalists killed in twenty twelve and
since nineteen ninety-two nine hundred and seventy one journalists have lost
their lives as targets by governments military an internal secret police or
simply trying to do their job
from the bar up to a sop to have to do their job the prevailing thought
processes if you can kill them the news cannot get out and they could not be
more wrong than indeed in twenty thirteen
anyone with a cell phone and the camera can expose all manner of atrocities
these lost journalists a memo realized by a group of fellow journalists in ten
days ago launched the web-site
w_w_w_ dot today without news dot com
it's an effort to gather global expressions of support to see the
successful prosecution of perpetrators of war crimes against journalists
antique increase public support and support from within the media community
for those organizations the dedicated to this issue
then nine out of ten of these cases of *** genocide zero effective
prosecutions and virtually no convictions against those who killed
journalists and the website is received expressions of support from u_k_ prime
minister cameron who treated his support and the u_n_ secretary general banking
new record in a very powerful video calling for action
joining us today on the program is in some of them
bijay he's the commission vice president for getty images by the special respect
for his photographers when everyone else is running away from gunfire his
photographers run the other waitrose the shooters to capture those award-winning
photographs many of us take for granted
it is a leading voice in this effort that's our pledge to have him here
aden sullivan welcome to world view
akash down
made during the eighteen days of the egyptian revolution journalists targeted
by the to administer them by
and another treating and talking on the phone with us c_n_n_ producer in atlanta
from here
trying to rescue anderson cooper in his film crew
weeps cobble together a sort of networks in canada wires to alert producers which
treats was safe to duck down in real time
and only now seems to have gotten worse so let's begin
by asking help that is about that
well i think there is some increased energy massacre army nothing
ran out of his issues past is the degree of sierra rap journalists are very very
much at risk they are very very much taurus
and from from both sides of the concert saturday night at the syrians
army compounds income clearly not happy
with uh... reports are coming out and as you know uh... re
night fortunes kill consent for about the issue and how the
how the trust issue soon after it
and that is cool congress via
there is a with the really appearing on saturday
who's absolutely we had a convinced that it's hard
so this this is actually talking assyrian army of journalists because
they are doing
whatever this date in which was important to us
the news of that's
but also joins the targets because it could have surrounding just being tired
and kidnapped by a joke honest and i'm and groups within
and it's not a certain way with focusing on search results is that something
commitment but you know if you listen to wherever it comes to the committee's
janet jackson human rights watch reporters without borders
you know there are these started about
tax themselves happened long
this is such a huge issue keeping
reporters and photographers sick
why do we know more about the risks that they face
i think this is one of the israeli people just innocent larry was also
there are some
that fed the news on a daily basis and
harriet make progress there is a record eisen there is a slight reform can
they'd actually understand what's going on in the background
the risk all kinds of taking every moments
and most of the coming months
so tell us about the website would amuse you hope to accomplish within with whom
you speaking in
one of the reaction's been this fall
we go back to the scene who sounds very briefly how i resigned retirement
asturias thirty thousand strong
and we need you to give the reiesha an invoice
compounds that between warring prize national he was harry is killing really
and having lost my close friends to parents in christmas viewforum
marine organisms that it is
uh... onto something so we don't know this is my weight is accusing should be
doing something we were at the u_n_ now in new york murders panel discussion
which is about dangers faced by contrast
i've always sat dot com wrote you know maybe it's time to be made an official
war crime
to too
president track
uh... janice working in concert sounds and has a lower anyone let alone cannot
be said look upset the attendant students
purple crime fire
before because you're non-combatants
you are stupid and if you are submitted your car uh... which you conventions
hustle invest that's great i mean very much for that matter instances very
partisan or people coming to new orleans
how did he knew that
unknowingly there's a war crime and i think this is my point
then you know we need to get his message across
uh... it is not ok to talking to a jerusalem working conferences
is that it was astounding what without consent of the video of the invention
quote from folks in terms of
you know supporting that and will process and you've got a bit of momentum
coming out of you know what's happened just with the one-year anniversary here
as well as moving on to that
aside to keep going about the upset me and i just i was also thinking what what
what is the repeated r_c_
their organizations like the national institute of journalism
here s what you look was without borders and this is that a job this is what
makes you into a fantastic job
radical had given up you know many of us who action shots
one where is standing on the back row
we could use a groundswell of support among colonies
just to raise awareness so that's really points at the end of the campaign is one
is an awareness campaign with inside our own community but also outside suggested
public understanding this is being taken
and secondly was to together public diplomacy touting approaching members
states that the u_n_ security council which is an ongoing discussion we're
having
to try and look at uh... a more formal way of of protecting journalists and
there is a resolution which is the uh...
united nations security council resolution
seventeen thirty eight which was uh... goods here in two thousand six which in
itself is very very good but we wondered whether or not back be stressing so
we're looking at ways to fully uh... you know how i i i can't do that
reporter increases in section of our colors
i must say you know this is probably haslam is the list we want to work race
route hassle michael big investigated speaking to with those who lyndon
johnson school
to stop striving you look at us
that might help us
builder case so some people be prosecuted one of these war crimes
on c_ starring agrarian reading because that's you know recently now we have
constable ominous located cases that um...
i can't see p_j_ in and of course oppose but how long is this where it ends by
seven cases that we think we might be able to um... suit obtaining arrogant
evidence that would allow us to prosecute these
well it it's an important issue and as a journalist on the letter of us out here
uh... we've been speaking with aden sullivan of the website and movement
today without news their website is a day without news dot com
uh... bridge all of our viewers to please visit the site an expression of
support they thank you so much for joining us assar
thank you and we'll be back after this with a look at the ways in which the
internet is changing
to watch you even more closely than it currently does
artech wizard john jackson joins us from hong kong
you're watching world view with dennis campbell