Iraq - Islamic State publicly executes Iraqi cameraman in Samarra

Reporters without borders

The executions of one journalist after another constitute war crimes, Reporters Without Borders says. Reporters Without Borders condemns TV cameraman and photographer Raad Mohamed Al-Azaoui's execution by Islamic State on 10 September in Samarra (55 km southeast of Tikrit in Salahuddin province) after he had been held by the Jihadi organization for more than a month. Al-Azaoui, who worked for Sama Salah Aldeen TV, was subjected to a public execution after Friday prayers. His brother and (...)

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