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03-24-03, 12:14 AM
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=8&id=253915
Monday, March 24, 2003 at 14:00 JST
LONDON — Many European television stations broadcast images of four men and a woman that Iraq said were American prisoners of war, despite criticism from US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
Editorial staff defended their decision to air the pictures, saying that earlier footage showing Iraqi soldiers captured by U.S. forces had not been criticised.
Meanwhile, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said that the airing of pictures of prisoners of war in the conflict in Iraq constitutes a violation of the Geneva Conventions.
"The responsibility for the Geneva Convention is a state's responsibility, it's not a journalist's responsibility. Concerning the journalists it's a question of ethics," said ICRC spokeswoman Nada Doumani.
Monday, March 24, 2003 at 14:00 JST
LONDON — Many European television stations broadcast images of four men and a woman that Iraq said were American prisoners of war, despite criticism from US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
Editorial staff defended their decision to air the pictures, saying that earlier footage showing Iraqi soldiers captured by U.S. forces had not been criticised.
Meanwhile, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said that the airing of pictures of prisoners of war in the conflict in Iraq constitutes a violation of the Geneva Conventions.
"The responsibility for the Geneva Convention is a state's responsibility, it's not a journalist's responsibility. Concerning the journalists it's a question of ethics," said ICRC spokeswoman Nada Doumani.