{"id":438,"date":"2012-01-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/?p=438","title":{"rendered":"UNESCO chief condemns killing of French reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>13 January 2012 \u2013The head of the United Nations agency  defending press freedom today condemned the recent killing in Syria of French  television reporter Gilles Jacquier and called on authorities to ensure the  safety of journalists working in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Jacquier, a reporter for French public television France  2, was killed on Wednesday by unidentified gunfire while on a press visit to  the troubled city of Homs. Six Syrian nationals were also killed in the  incident, and a Dutch photographer was severely injured.<\/p>\n<p>The Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and  Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unesco.org\/new\/en\/media-services\/single-view\/news\/director_general_condemns_killing_of_french_tv_journalist_gilles_jacquier_in_syria\/\">urged<\/a> the Syrian authorities to investigate the killing and ensure safer working  conditions for journalists in the country, which has been beset by bloody  unrest since early last year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is essential that the authorities investigate this  serious attack on freedom of expression and freedom of information,&rdquo; she  stated.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The number of people, journalists and non-journalists,  killed in Syria is deeply troubling,&rdquo; added Ms. Bokova. &ldquo;I call on the  authorities to do all in their power to ensure the full exercise of the  universally recognized basic human right of freedom of expression and citizens&rsquo;  access to information.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>More than 5,000 people have lost their lives across Syria  since a popular uprising began in March last year, part of the Arab Spring  movement that has engulfed the Middle East and North Africa and toppled several  long-standing regimes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\nUnited Nation News Center\n<\/p>\n<p>\n 13 January 2012 &ndash;The head of the United Nations agency defending press freedom  today condemned the recent killing in Syria of French television reporter  Gilles Jacquier and called on authorities to ensure the safety of journalists  working in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}