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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-08-10 09:55 AM
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Despite being told by armed thugs not to take photographs he kept snapping
http://www.ushmm.org/genocide/take_action/gallery/portrait/haviv

About Ron Haviv

In April 1992, photojournalist Ron Haviv was granted permission by the Serbian paramilitary leader known as Arkan to join his forces, the Tigers, as they entered the eastern Bosnian town of Bijeljina.

Haviv became a witness to some of the first atrocities in the Bosnian war as the Tigers assaulted and killed Bosniak civilians. Despite being told not to take photographs, Haviv managed to document some of what he saw.

Haviv continued to work in Bosnia throughout the war and later in Kosovo. His photographs provide some of the most stunning evidence of crimes from the Balkan wars (1991-99).

His work to expose human rights violations in the Balkans, Latin America, the Middle East, Russia, and Africa - notably in Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo - has earned him the reputation as one of today's finest photojournalists.

Video at above link
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NoNothing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-08-10 09:59 AM
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1. Is it worrying that I thought for sure your headline
Was about an American photographing American police in America?
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-08-10 10:11 AM
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3. Indeed. I thought it was about the US as well..
it is disturbing, in my opinion.
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-08-10 10:07 AM
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2. tell him to get down to our Gulf, stat!
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-08-10 10:21 AM
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4. Why -
is that how you normally refer to your Coast Guard ?
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-08-10 10:47 AM
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5. myn bro was CG, I respect service, but if the shoe fits...!
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