Mahdi Majid Alskr, Editor in Chief of Al-Venkorp newspaper, a sports specialised newspaper, was hospitalised on Monday in a very critical condition. Alskr suffered serious injuries after escaping a deadly roadside car bomb explosion in the Zayouna district in
Alskr worked as a sports journalist in a number of newspapers in
The incident was condemned by the Iraqi Sports Press Association (ISPA) and the Iraqi Journalists Union as well as other bodies and governmental organisations in
The Iraqi government is still suffering attacks and lacking the ability to stop them, however has succeeded in reducing them to the minimum, Iraqi Premier Nuri Al-Maliki confirmed two weeks ago.
Al-Maliki said then that his government is seeking new and serious procedures for protecting Iraqi journalists and issuing some new regulations that should facilitate their work condemning criminal acts targeting journalists and all terrorist organizations backing them up.
Al-Maliki promised to prompt all efforts to protect journalists in
Colleague Alskr is one in an endless list of Iraqi journalists victimised by terrorism and political unrest which has torn
BY: Abed-Alhakim Amer
Somali football press department
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