Iraq: The deadliest media war in history

A global campaign has been launched to end the terrifying ordeal of journalists in Iraq, where at least 129 media staff have been killed and hundreds more injured or disabled in what has become the deadliest media war in modern history. On 15 June – Iraq’s National Day of the Press – there will be demonstrations in Iraq and around the region to highlight what the International Federation of Journalists says is the “unspeakable suffering” of media in a country where press freedom is close to extinction because of ruthless extremists and targeting of journalists by warring factions.