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Journalist Marie Colvin's family sues Syrian regime, claiming killing was deliberate
Source: Associated Press
Journalist Marie Colvin's family sues Syrian regime, claiming killing was deliberate
Associated Press
Sunday 10 July 2016 06.58 BST
Relatives of Marie Colvin, a US-born journalist who worked for the British newspaper the Sunday Times, have filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming Syrian government officials targeted and killed her in 2012 to silence her reporting on Syria and the besieged city of Homs.
The lawsuit says Syrian officials launched a rocket attack on a makeshift broadcast studio in a neighborhood of Homs. Colvin, a veteran correspondent for the Sunday Times, died in that attack along with French photojournalist Remi Ochlik.
Colvin, 56, a native of New York, was killed on 22 February, 2012. Just hours before her death, she filed another report on the Syrian government’s crackdown and its impact on civilians. The attack by Syrian army forces also killed several activists.
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said at the time that circumstantial evidence and witnesses pointed to the possibility government forces had taken deliberate action that led to the deaths of Colvin and Ochlik. More than two dozen journalists were killed in Syria in 2012 alone.
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Associated Press
Sunday 10 July 2016 06.58 BST
Relatives of Marie Colvin, a US-born journalist who worked for the British newspaper the Sunday Times, have filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming Syrian government officials targeted and killed her in 2012 to silence her reporting on Syria and the besieged city of Homs.
The lawsuit says Syrian officials launched a rocket attack on a makeshift broadcast studio in a neighborhood of Homs. Colvin, a veteran correspondent for the Sunday Times, died in that attack along with French photojournalist Remi Ochlik.
Colvin, 56, a native of New York, was killed on 22 February, 2012. Just hours before her death, she filed another report on the Syrian government’s crackdown and its impact on civilians. The attack by Syrian army forces also killed several activists.
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said at the time that circumstantial evidence and witnesses pointed to the possibility government forces had taken deliberate action that led to the deaths of Colvin and Ochlik. More than two dozen journalists were killed in Syria in 2012 alone.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jul/10/journalist-marie-colvins-family-sue-syrian-regime-claiming-killing-was-deliberate
