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A screen grab of the video. (AFP/Al-Ikhbariya)

Video shows Turkish cameraman held captive in Syria

New York, August 27, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for the immediate release of Turkish cameraman Cüneyt Ünal, who appeared exhausted and bruised in a video aired today in which he said he had been taken captive while reporting in Syria. Ünal, a cameraman for the U.S. government-funded broadcaster Al-Hurra, was reported missing in…

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A rebel fighter trains an anti-aircraft machine gun in Aleppo. (Reuters/Zain Karam)

Japanese reporter killed, two missing in Syria

New York, August 20, 2012–A Japanese reporter was killed amid heavy fighting in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo today, while two other journalists were reported missing in the city, news reports said.

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