Mazen Dana

Mazen Dana at work covering the news. Photo by Reuters

Mazen Dana (born 1962) was a Palestinian journalist, who worked as a Reuters cameraman and was shot dead by US soldiers in Baghdad, Iraq on August 17, 2003. The soldiers mistook his camera for a rocket launcher.

Mazen Dana was filming outside Abu Ghraib Prison after having obtained prior permission from US authorities.

Dana worked for Reuters for over ten years, mostly in his home town of Hebron on the West Bank, where he was shot at and beaten numerous times.

In 2001, Dana was awarded the Committee to Protect Journalists's International Press Freedom Award in recognition of his courage and commitment in covering the conflict in his hometown of Hebron in the West Bank. He was married with four children.

External links

*Reuters profile of Dana
*Suzan Dana demands US inquiry into husband's murder - IFEX
*FRONTLINE/WORLD documentary featuring Dana and other journalists describing dangers they face while covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict