AP: US military backs down on photography ban on soldier casualties
October 19th, 2009Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Press freedom and ethics
US military leaders in Afghanistan have reportedly backed down on plans to ban news organisations from photographing or videoing US soldiers killed or injured in battle.
According to the Associated Press (AP), some confusion remains about what images can be captured by reporters embedded with the army in war zones.
The proposed ban came partly in response to the AP’s recent decision to publish images of a fatally wounded marine.
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