Salih Saif Aldin

4 results arranged by date

Blog | Iraq

Reporter reflects as Iraq named deadliest for journalists

By Bassam Sebti

It has been 14 months since my colleague at The Washington Post Salih Saif Aldin was shot and killed. Time flew by fast and the path for journalists in Iraq is yet to be safe. Shootings, kidnappings, and murder in cold blood have not stopped in my war-torn country. 

Continue reading Reporter reflects as Iraq named deadliest for journalists »
December 19, 2008 10:14 AM ET | | Comments (1)
Tags: Killed, Salih Saif Aldin
Dangerous Assignments | Algeria, Bosnia, Colombia, Eritrea, Haiti, Honduras, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Rwanda, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe

Journalists killed in 2007

Journalist Deaths Hit Decade Peak
Half in Iraq; record number in Somalia

Continue reading Journalists killed in 2007 »
December 18, 2007 12:00 AM ET |
Tags: Alisher Saipov, Chauncey Bailey, Hrant Dink, Kenji Nagai, Mahad Ahmed Elmi, Miguel Pérez Julca, Muhammad Arif, Salih Saif Aldin
Alerts | Iraq

Washington Post reporter killed in Baghdad

New York, October 15, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murder of a reporter for The Washington Post in Baghdad on Sunday. Salih Saif Aldin, 32, was killed at close range by a single gunshot to the head while photographing fire-damaged houses on a street in Baghdad’s southern neighborhood of Saydiya, The Post reported.
Continue reading Washington Post reporter killed in Baghdad  »
October 15, 2007 12:00 PM ET |
Tags: Khalid W. Hassan, Salih Saif Aldin
| Argentina, China, Colombia, Iraq, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia

CPJ Update

CPJ Update
November 2007
News from the Committee to Protect Journalists

Continue reading CPJ Update  »
January 10, 2007 10:17 AM ET |
Tags: Daniel Coronell, Daniel Pearl, Kurdistan, Marlene Garcia-Esperat, Salih Saif Aldin

4 results