The events of last week draw attention to the dangers faced by war reporters in their attempts to highlight the consequence of war. Last week, the legendary Sunday Times reporter, Marie Colvin, 56, was killed alongside the French photographer, Remi Ochlik, 28. Marie Colvin is a veteran of conflicts in Egypt, Gaza, Syria, Libya and Sri Lanka where she has fearlessly reported under the hail of bullets.
Controversy still surrounds the events which occurred in the moments leading up to her death although one recalls the Syrian army’s recent pledge to ‘kill any journalist who sets foot on Syrian soil’. The UK Foreign Secretary, William Hague, couldn’t have captured the mood any better than he did in his recent statement made in the aftermath of Colvin’s death. He proffered: “She died helping people of Syria share their plight with the world. A great loss for all”. In closing, both Colvin and Ochlik died in their attempts to make a difference, lets all follow their example in making ours.
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