Journalists from Iraq met in Jordan Dec. 19 to issue an urgent appeal to the United Nations to take action over the “media nightmare” in Iraq, where the rate of journalists killed since 2003 continues to rise. Visit the IFJ website to read more.

Ahmed was a reporter in McClatchy’s (formerly Knight Ridder) Baghdad bureau. Born and raised in Iraq, she left the country to escape the harsh sanctions that followed the Gulf War in 1991, working as a translator in the United Arab Emirates, Tunisia and Libya. In 2002 she returned to Iraq for a visit but could not leave because of the impending war. So in April 2003 she began working as a journalist, first as a translator and researcher for The Washington Post and then as a translator and reporter for McClatchy starting in 2004.

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Elena Poniatowska’s career spans more than a half century. A renowned journalist and author, Poniatowska, 74, is the author of various novels, short stories, essays, a play and "testimonial narratives" (chronicles of events compiled from eyewitness interviews). She moved to Mexico during World War II and later attended secondary school in Torresdale, Pennsylvania.

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Jill Carroll, a staff writer for The Christian Science Monitor, was working in Baghdad as a freelance reporter for the Monitor when she was abducted on January 7, 2006. Carroll was kidnapped about 100 yards from the office of Adnan al-Dulaimi, a prominent Sunni politician. She had scheduled an interview with him but started to leave after an aide told her he was unavailable. Upon driving away, a large truck blocked the path. Armed men surrounded the car, and Carroll was shoved and kidnapped. After an 82-day ordeal, she was released March 30 and returned to the U.S. April 2

May Chidiac is one of the best known faces on Lebanese television. In September 2005, the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation journalist lost her left hand and left leg as a result of a bomb exploding under the driver’s seat of her car. After months of recovery, she resumed her broadcasting career at the LBC.

Gao Yu, a freelance journalist who lives in Beijing, has twice been jailed for her reporting. She continues to fight against censorship, expressing her belief in human rights and the value of democracy.

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