Baghdad (NINA) – The UN strongly condemned Monday's attacks against a number of newspapers in Baghdad.
In a statement to the press on Tuesday, Apr. 2, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq, Martin Kobler, said that attacks against the media are unacceptable, under any circumstances, urging the Iraqi Government to provide protection to media people from all kinds of intimidation and violence because of their ideas.
For her part, Head of the UNESCO in Iraq expressed deep concern of the dangerous effect of such incidents against freedom of the press and expression; she called for bringing those implicated in the attacks before justice to be tried.
She added that freedom of expression in an important factor to establish real democracy and building sustainable peace in Iraq.
Iraqi Journalists Union demanded protection to the media establishments, in response to Monday's attacks by unknown groups on the offices of three daily newspapers in Baghdad and assaulting their staff members.
In its statement, the Iraqi Journalists Union called on security authorities to exert maximum efforts to uncover the circumstances and sides behind them.
On Monday, unknown groups attacked offices of the daily "Mustaqbal al-Iraqi" setting it and the car of its Editor in Chief on fire; another groups attacked the daily "al-Nass" and "al-Dostur". / End.
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