Video of journalist murder in BurmaSeptember 28th, 2007 by Roy Berman |
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This video from Japanese news television shows the murder of journalist Nagai Kenji by Burmese security forces.
[Update] Second video added, link courtesy of Julián Ortega Martínez.
[Update 2:] Adam has posted some excellent analysis of the effect that this video is having on the debate in Japan. I urge everyone here for the video clips to read his article as well.
September 28th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
There’s another, even more shocking video here.
September 29th, 2007 at 12:08 am
[...] the debate in Japan has been transformed this week as a result of the apparently intentional point-blank shooting of Kenji Nagai, a photographer for a Japanese production [...]
September 29th, 2007 at 12:28 am
Ｎow that Nagai had become a matyr of free press.But I must have to say he is also a victim of trhe conwardly of Japanese big media.
APF is a company selling materials to major TV broadcasters who fear to tread in the combat zone.So that will push free contractor like Nagai more into the danger zone.
Nagai,first timer in Myanmar was elsewhere.Gaza,Baghdad,Bosnia.Back in the days of Vietnam war,lots of J-reporters from big medias were in combat zones and many of them had lost their lives.Even Komori Yoshihisa,condenmned unjustifably by Steven Clemmons on WaPO as heartening a rightwinger to set fire on Kato Kouichi’s home, was in Saigon and stayed all along during the fall.
But today neither NHK nor other broadcasters want send their own people.None of their own reporters were in Kabul at the time the city fell in the hand of the Northern Alliance in November 2001.Same goes to those who operate outside of the greenzone in Baghdad now.
Low payment and unstable job status would likely make these free lancers risk the danger of being at the scene when in abroad and financlial difficulty when at home.No life insuarance,because the company won’t take the contract.
Mr.Nagai who was 50 years old at the time of his death,remained a single man.
September 29th, 2007 at 11:50 am
[...] Nagai was an independent photojournalist which illustrates the predicament many photojournalists find themselves in when big media sources September 28, [...]
September 29th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
I can’t believe Google is letting automatic ads for travel and tourism to Burma continue to appear on this website. They ought to be ashamed.
September 29th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
I bet if Burma had oil, the US Marines would be invading right now. So much for spreading “democracy”. Shame on the world for allowing this to happen.
September 30th, 2007 at 3:11 am
Actually, Burma has moderately substantial reserves of natural gas, and moderate reserves of oil as well. One statistic I found said that Burma might be as high as the 27th largest proven crude oil reserves, although the numbers are a bit wonky and unreliable seeming. In fact, Chinese and Indian support for the Burmese regime is primarily based on the country’s energy reserves, and Chinese support for Burma, symbolically manifested in their UN veto (with a possible second veto by Russia) is one of the things stopping any outside countries from getting very involved.
September 30th, 2007 at 3:13 am
Joanna, have you tried contacting Google about that? Maybe they would agree with you, and temporarily suspend ads promoting tourism in Burma. For what it’s worth, the vast majority of Google ads on searches for Burma or Myanmar are currently related to either the democracy movement or news coverage of current events.
September 30th, 2007 at 6:49 am
[...] Tokyo’s concern for journalist Nagai Kenji is an example. Any reaction short of parking a destroyer in the Indian Ocean is just perfunctory, and no other player would join Japan. So, instead of an honest reaction, Tokyo will lodge complaints. Netizens will raise awareness of Myanmar’s plight with their invective, to a certain extent. There’s not enough journalist or oil deposits in the world the Burmese junta could kill or spike, to alienate every country in the world with sufficient sadism and ineptitude for the world to park its armed forces around the Burmese borders. [...]
September 30th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Free Burma!
International Bloggers’ Day for Burma on the 4th of October
International bloggers are preparing an action to support the peaceful revolution in Burma. We want to set a sign for freedom and show our sympathy for these people who are fighting their cruel regime without weapons. These Bloggers are planning to refrain from posting to their blogs on October 4 and just put up one Banner then, underlined with the words „Free Burma!“.
http://www.free-burma.org