Marie Colvin: Perbedaan antara revisi

Selain Timur Tengah, Colvin juga meliput konflik di [[Chechnya]], [[Kosovo]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[Sri Lanka]], dan [[Timor Leste]]. Pada tahun 1999, ia menyelamatkan 1.500 perempuan dan anak-anak Timor Leste dari sebuah bangunan yang dikepung oleh serdadu bekingan Indonesia.<ref name="Guardianobit"/> Ia tidak mau meninggalkan mereka dan bertahan bersama pasukan PBB. Liputannya diterbitkan di surat kabar dan dan disiarkan di televisi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lithub.com/on-the-tenacity-and-bravery-of-a-great-journalist/|title=On the Tenacity and Bravery of a Great Journalist|date=2018-11-12|website=Literary Hub|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-19}}</ref> Mereka dievakuasi empat hari kemudian. Colvin dianugerahi penghargaan [[International Women's Media Foundation]] atas keberaniannya dalam meliput konflik Kosovo dan Chechnya.<ref>{{cite news |title=Woman Journalist Gets Her Story: In Spite of Grenade Attack, Marie Colvin Files Her Report |url=http://www.antonnews.com/oysterbayenterprisepilot/2001/04/27/news/colvin.html |newspaper=[[Anton Media Group|Anton News]] |accessdate=February 22, 2012 |first=Dagmar Fors |last=Karppi |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225055903/http://www.antonnews.com/oysterbayenterprisepilot/2001/04/27/news/colvin.html |archivedate=February 25, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Veteran Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin 'killed in heavy shelling in Syria' just hours after broadcast on ITN News At Ten |first=Charles |last=Walford |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2104711/Marie-Colvin-dead-Journalist-killed-Homs-Syria-hours-ITN-News-At-Ten-broadcast.html |newspaper=[[Mail Online]] |date=February 22, 2012 |accessdate=February 22, 2012 |location=London, UK}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Marie Colvin killed in Syria: life and times of distinguished war correspondent |first=Alex |last=Spillius |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9098180/Marie-Colvin-killed-in-Syria-life-and-times-of-distinguished-war-correspondent.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=February 22, 2012 |accessdate=February 22, 2012 |location=London, UK}}</ref> Ia menulis dan memproduseri beberapa film dokumenter, termasuk ''Arafat: Behind the Myth'' di BBC.<ref>{{cite web |title=Death of Marie Colvin, American journalist of war |first=Nazish |last=Fatima |url=http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/11570335-death-of-marie-colvin-american-journalist-of-war |date=February 22, 2012 |website=AllVoices.com |accessdate=February 22, 2012}}</ref> Ia diwawancarai dalam film dokumenter ''[[Bearing Witness]]'' tahun 2005.

 

 

Colvin diserang setelah meneriakkan "''journalist, journalist!''" ketika sedang meliput [[Perang Saudara Sri Lanka]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Hodgson |first=Jessica |title=Sunday Times journalist may lose sight |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/apr/18/sundaytimes.pressandpublishing |newspaper=The Guardian |date=April 18, 2001 |location=London, UK}}</ref><ref name=telegraph>{{cite news |title=Syria: Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin 'killed in Homs' |first=Murray |last=Wardrop |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9097762/Syria-Sunday-Times-journalist-Marie-Colvin-killed-in-Homs.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=February 22, 2012 |accessdate=February 22, 2012 |location=London, UK}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Walt |first=Vivienne |url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2107394,00.html |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |title=Syria: War Reporter Marie Colvin and Photographer Rémi Ochlik Are Killed |date=February 22, 2012 |accessdate=February 22, 2012}}</ref><ref name="ausmcmay09"/> Dalam wawancara dengan [[Lindsey Hilsum]] di ''[[Channel 4 News]]'', ia menceritakan bahwa penyerangnya sengaja menyasar dirinya.<ref name="my friend">{{cite web |last=Hilsum |first=Lindsey |authorlink=Lindsey Hilsum |url=http://blogs.channel4.com/world-news-blog/my-friend-marie-colvin/20408 |title=My friend, Marie Colvin |website=World News Blog |publisher=Channel 4 |date=February 22, 2012 |accessdate=February 24, 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225025243/http://blogs.channel4.com/world-news-blog/my-friend-marie-colvin/20408 |archivedate=February 25, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Meski terluka parah, Colvin yang saat itu berusia 44 tahun masih menyempatkan diri menulis dan mengirim artikel 3.000 kata tepat waktu.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tigers-begged-me-to-broker-surrender-5pv2dm7x3nn |title=Tigers begged me to broker surrender |last=Colvin |first=Marie |date=May 24, 2009 |newspaper=The Sunday Times |access-date=October 24, 2018}}</ref> Ia berjalan kurang lebih 50 km melintasi hutan [[Vanni (Sri Lanka)|Vanni]] didampingi pemandu Tamil untuk menghindari tentara pemerintah. Ia melaporkan bencana kemanusiaan di kawasan Tamil utara, termasuk pemutusan pasokan makanan dan obat-obatan oleh pemerintah dan larangan peliputan perang oleh wartawan asing di sana selama enam tahun.<ref name=Guardianobit/><ref name="ausmcmay09"/><ref name="my friend"/> Colvin kemudian menderita [[gangguan tekanan pascatrauma]] (PTSD) dan dirawat di rumah sakit. Ia menjadi saksi mata dan penengah menjelang berakhirnya perang di Sri Lanka. Ia melaporkan [[dugaan kejahatan perang pada Perang Saudara Sri Lanka|kejahatan perang]] terhadap [[suku Tamil Sri Lanka|suku Tamil]] saat itu.<ref name="ausmcmay09">{{cite news |last=Colvin |first=Marie |title=Slain Tamil chiefs were promised safety |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/slain-tamil-chiefs-were-promised-safety/story-e6frg6t6-1225715467354 |newspaper=The Australian |date=May 25, 2009 |accessdate=February 22, 2012}}</ref> Beberapa hari kemudian, pemerintah Sri Lanka mengizinkan wartawan asing masuk ke daerah yang diduduki pemberontak. Direktur penerangan pemerintah, Ariya Rubasinghe, menyatakan, "Wartawan boleh masuk. Kami tidak melarang mereka, tetapi mereka harus menyadari dan menerima risikonya."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.apnewsarchive.com/2001/Sri-Lanka-To-Allow-Press-into-Areas/id-746d7b80f2b668bab76964e40e03fa42 |title=Sri Lanka To Allow Press Into Areas |date=April 22, 2001 |website=Associated Press |access-date=October 24, 2018}}</ref>

Wartawan [[Jean-Pierre Perrin]] dan berbagai sumber melaporkan bahwa gedung tersebut disasar oleh Angkatan Darat Suriah dengan melacak sinyal telepon satelit.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/war-reporter-marie-colvin-was-tracked-targeted-and-killed-by-assads-forces-family-says/2016/07/09/62968844-453a-11e6-88d0-6adee48be8bc_story.html |archive-url= |dead-url= |date=July 9, 2016 |archive-date= |accessdate=2 November 2018 |title=War reporter Marie Colvin was tracked, targeted and killed by Assad’s forces, family says |script-title= |trans-title= |last= Priest |first= Dana |website=The Washington Post |quote= }} </ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Marie Colvin: Britain summons Syria ambassador over killing |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9098511/Marie-Colvin-Britain-summons-Syria-ambassador-over-killing.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=February 22, 2012 |accessdate=February 22, 2012 |first1=Nabila |last1=Ramdani |first2=Peter |last2=Allen |location=London, UK}}</ref> Tim wartawan sudah berencana menyelamatkan diri beberapa jam sebelumnya.<ref name="my friend" />

 

 

Colvin saat itu juga membawa barang-barang pribadinya, termasuk ransel berisi kebutuhan dasar dan draf buku 387 halaman yang ditulis oleh teman lamanya, [[Gerald Weaver]]. Adik Colvin, Cathleen 'Cat' Colvin, bersama Sean Ryan, redaktur luar negeri ''The Sunday Times'', membantu penerbitan buku ini.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2015/06/marie-colvin-her-yale-sweetheart-remembers |title=Marie Colvin: her Yale sweetheart remembers |first=Philip |last=Maughan |date=June 4, 2015 |magazine=[[New Statesman]] |accessdate=October 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/world_news/MarieColvin/article1522261.ece |title=Book boost to Colvin fund |first=Alan |last=Copps |date=February 22, 2015 |newspaper=The Sunday Times |accessdate=October 24, 2018}}</ref>