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Pentagon under fire for guidelines that liken war reporters to 'belligerents'
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Pentagon under fire for guidelines that liken war reporters to 'belligerents' | 10 Aug 2015 | Defenders of press freedom have accused the Pentagon of endangering journalists with new legal guidelines that liken war correspondents to spies and say they can be treated as “unprivileged belligerents” in some circumstances. The details were buried in the Department of Defence's 1176-page Law of War Manual, which was published in June. The manual says journalists, in general, are civilians. However, it adds that in some circumstances they might be considered “unprivileged belligerents” – the same broad category that includes guerrillas or members of al-Qaeda [al-CIAduh]…It also sets out conditions under which journalists' work will be censored.
Source: http://www.legitgov.org/Pentagon-under-fire-guidelines-liken-war-reporters-belligerents
