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A Syrian pilot shot down and taken prisoner is interviewed by Al-Jazeera on October 17. (YouTube)

Humanitarian law, ethics, and journalism in Syria

January 29, 2013 9:45 AM EST

A small number of journalists reporting from Syria have recently interviewed prisoners of war under highly coercive circumstances. In doing so, they have ignored the protections that are due to prisoners under international humanitarian law, or IHL.

Arrest of NYT photographer must be investigated

August 6, 2012 2:45 PM EDT

New York, August 6, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by the arrest and alleged beating of a New York Times photographer while he was on assignment Saturday evening in New York City. “The report by The New York Times on the arrest of its photographer, Robert Stolarik, raises questions about police tactics of…