Reporters Without Borders: Defending Environmental Journalists From Attacks

rsf.org:

In many countries, journalists who specialise in covering environmental issues are on the front line of a new war. Their work poses a threat to many companies, organised crime groups and even governments that profit from misuse of the environment. These journalists are regarded as undesired witnesses and sometimes as enemies to be physically eliminated.

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Comments

[ResidualSelfImage]

01:45 PM on 09/17/2009

I thought it was great when Green Peace plugged the pipes of the chemical companies dumping unlimited chemical waste discharges into some South Carolina River.

[RightWingMarine]

01:39 PM on 09/17/2009

I can support the journalists that simply bring info to light, it is the activists I have an issue with. Those that use chemical irritants or attempt to foul the screws of a ship or attempt to board a ship because they disagree with what someone else is legally doing that I despise.

[Tim303]

02:02 AM on 09/19/2009

Yet you support other brave guys doing things that would save lives.