“In 2012, shortly after my friend and colleague #MarieColvin was killed in Homs, #Syria, I met with the now-disgraced Norwegian diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen. Rød-Larsen was a renowned fixer who had negotiated the 1993 Oslo accords.

Colvin had been killed by government shelling on 22 February 2012. But the fighting between Bashar al-Assad’s government forces and the Free Syrian Army was so fierce that retrieving her corpse was nearly impossible.”

#journalism / #news / #reporting <https://theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/26/friend-killed-reporting-marie-colvin>

The #Reckoning Project on war crimes in #Ukraine, #Sudan and #Gaza.
https://www.thereckoningproject.com/

Reporters Without Borders 2025 https://rsf.org/en/2025-deadly-year-journalists-where-hate-and-impunity-lead

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporters_Without_Borders

#HindRajab (Jan 2024)
https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/the-killing-of-hind-rajab

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Hind_Rajab

#MarieColvin (Feb 2012)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/26/friend-killed-reporting-marie-colvin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Colvin

#journalism

" In 2025 Palestinians in Gaza accounted for more than half of all journalists killed globally. Then, according to +972 Magazine, once a Palestinian journalist is killed, “the legitimisation cell” within the IDF begins its dirty work. It is tasked with linking the dead journalist to Hamas to bolster Israel’s image in the international media. That is even if he or she had nothing to do with Hamas."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/26/friend-killed-reporting-marie-colvin
#Journalism #FreePress #MarieColvin #Gaza #FreePalestine