Syria: Attack on TV station condemned as UN report finds violence worsening

Headline Title:  Syria: Attack on TV station condemned 27 June 2012 Media workers killed during an attack on a pro-government TV station in Syria should not have been targeted, Amnesty International said today. The organization said that Ikhbariya TV, like other media facilities, is a civilian object, and those working in the media are civilians and must be protected from attack. “Even a media organization engaged in propaganda is still a civilian object, so it and those working for it must never be deliberately targeted,” said Ann Harrison, Amnesty International’s Middle East and…

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