lara logan assault
Lara Logan was in Egypt and reporting about the whole event of President Husni Mubarak there. [...] She was reporting in Cairo on the turbulent events where she was made a victim of sexual attack and stabbing. [1]
Lara Logan appeared fearless and intrepid when she reported from war zones — exactly what you want in a foreign correspondent. [2]
She will talk more about the attack on Sunday’s 60 Minutes, then stop giving interviews about it. [3]
According to Reporters Without Borders, five reporters have already been killed in 2011, and 152 are imprisoned. [...] A 2007 article in the Columbia Journalism Review exploring the threats to female foreign correspondents singles out Egypt: “The Committee to Protect Journalists, for example, cites rape threats against female reporters in Egypt who were seen as government critics.” [2]
- Journalist Kim Barker was covering a jubilant demonstration in Pakistan in 2007, with thousands cheering for the country’s chief justice, when the crowd turned on her, groping her relentlessly. [3]
We’ll learn to better value female reporters: “Rape is a risk that comes with the job,” and female journalists “face greater threats to their safety than male reporters do in similar situations,” says Ann Friedman at Feministing. [4]
- Harsh new details of Lara Logan’s attack in Cairo: The CBS reporter was stripped and battered with fists and makeshift flagpoles, reports the Times of London, via the Daily Mail. [3]
Egyptian women and soldiers rescued her from a hostile mob that had separated her from her film crew, and she is now in an American hospital recovering. [2]
On Friday February 11, the day Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak stepped down, CBS correspondent Lara Logan was covering the jubilation in Tahrir Square for a 60 MINUTES story when she and her team and their security were surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration. [5]
Physical attack of women is very common in Cairo but in the start of protest on event like that occurs which makes women little confident but in the ending days the people who are in favour of Husni Mubarak attacks the protesters and makes women the victim of sexual attack. [...] Lara Logan is a CBS News Correspondent and she recovering in a U.S. hospital. [1]
But stupidity also flew on the Internet regarding the attack on Logan. [2]
CNN calls its nightly program “Anderson Cooper 360.” [6]
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[1] Lara Logan Assault
[2] Lara Logan Assault: For Female Reporters, the Added Peril of …
[3] Lara Logan assault ‘ News Stories About Lara Logan assault …
[4] The sexual assault of Lara Logan: What’s the fallout for female …
[5] Lara Logan Suffered ‘Brutal’ Sexual Assault In Egypt
[6] Lara Logan Assault