Syria - Announcement of official investigation into French journalist's death greeted with caution

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders reacted cautiously today to yesterday's Syrian government announcement of an investigation into the circumstances of French TV journalist Gilles Jacquier's death the previous day in Homs. A commission of enquiry has been set by the city's governor, Ghassan Abdel Al-Aal. According to the government news agency Sana, the commission consists of a judge, the head of the city's criminal security department, two ballistics experts and a representative of France 2, the (...)

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