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Kenji Goto's execution by Islamic State must not go unpunished

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is appalled by Islamic State's latest barbaric act. Yesterday, the jihadi militant group released a video showing the beheading of Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist who was captured in late October while trying to cover the fighting in Syria and locate Haruna Yukawa, a Japanese hostage executed a week ago. Entitled “A Message to the Government of Japan,” the one-minute video was posted on Twitter and on sites that support Islamic State. Staged like previous hostage (...)

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