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GLOBAL JOURNALIST Winter 2008
protect sources’ confidentialities,
but clergy, defense lawyers and
parliamentarians would retain the
same rights.
Irish Times stopped for a day
The Irish Times was forced
to stop its presses Nov. 28
after receiving threats of
injunctions along with three
other Irish newspapers to
prevent them from printing
the main conclusions of the
Moriarty tribunal, the Irish Public
Inquiry Court. The public inquiry
had been investigating whether
telecommunications contracts
had been affected by payments
from Irish businessmen to former
prime minister Charles Haughey
and former communications minister
Michael Lowry.
The tribunal threatened the
Times and the Sunday Business if
the newspapers printed the preliminary
reports of the inquiry.
The Times was forced to destroy
25,000 copies of the issue.
IRELAND
Army investigation into death closed
The Israeli army has closed the
World Watch
official investigation into the
death of Reuters cameraman
Fadel Shana. Shana was
killed in April by Israeli tank
fire in Gaza City when troops
mistook his camera for a
weapon.
Israel’s senior military lawyer
said troop fire was justified because
it wasn’t clear if Shana was
holding a weapon or a camera;
however, conflicting reports have
said that Shana had been standing
in a designated press spot
and that his vehicle had clear
press markings.
According to the Institute for
Middle East Understanding, Reuters
Editor-in-chief David Schlesinger
believes the tragedy highlights
the daily risks still facing
journalists. “All governments and
organizations have the responsibility
to take the utmost care to
protect professionals trying to do
their jobs,” he said.
The investigation’s official
close comes as a Reporters Without
Borders analysis ranks Israel
149th in press freedom worldwide,
46 spots down from last
year’s assessment.
ISRAEL
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