UNESCO condemns killing of Iraqi journalists

The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has voiced deep concern over the reported killing of two Iraqi journalists in Mosul earlier this month.

"It has become very difficult for the public to know what is happening in parts of Iraq, because of violent extremists. We hope the day will come when the perpetrators of these heinous acts will be prosecuted," said Irina Bokova

Soha Ahmad Radi, a Christian and the editor of a local newspaper, was killed a few days after she was taken from her home in the east of Mosul, the Iraqi Journalistic Freedoms Observatory reported.

An Islamic State group-associated so called Sharia court found her "guilty of spying" for foreign powers, and sentenced her to death.

Mosaliah TV cameraman Jalaa Al-Abadi was shot him in a forest on the outskirts of Mosul after violent extremists stormed his house, reported the Iraqi Journalists' Syndicate.

The Director-General of UNESCO issues statements on the killing of media workers in line with Resolution 29 adopted by UNESCO Member States at the Organisation's General Conference in 1997 called "Condemnation of Violence against Journalists".