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Learning English - Words in the News 18 June, 2008 - Published 10:55 GMT Killed journalists' memorial opens in London | ||||||||||||
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has paid tribute to the hundreds of journalists who have been killed on assignment. Mr Ban said the 10 metre-high memorial on top of BBC Broadcasting House in central London stood 'in tribute to all those who have sacrificed their lives so that the rest of us could be informed'. This report from Allan Little: A single pillar of light rises 900 metres into the night sky from the roof of the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House - part of a light sculpture, called Breathing, that will change the skyline of London each night from now on, from ten till ten thirty - in tandem with the BBC's main television news programme. Mr Ban said it was a solemn reminder of those who had lost their lives giving voice to the voiceless, a beacon of hope for the millions of people thirsting for truth. The BBC Director General Mark Thompson said the job of gathering the news had become far more dangerous. On average, two journalists had been killed each week, every week, for the last ten years. In 90 per cent of cases, he said, no-one had been brought to justice. Among those attending the ceremony were the families of journalists who have died or been murdered on assignment - the family of the BBC producer Kate Peyton, shot dead in Somalia in 2005, and of cameraman Simon Cumbers, killed in Saudi Arabia nine months earlier. Allan Little, BBC News, London the skyline of London in tandem with a solemn reminder giving voice to the voiceless a beacon of hope thirsting for On average brought to justice attending the ceremony on assignment |
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