Giuliana Sgrena

Overview

Giuliana Sgrena born Masera, Piedmont, Italy December 20, 1948. Italian war correspondent in Algeria, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan; pacifist opposed Iraq War; kidnapped Baghdad 2005; released, but shot and wounded by US soldiers; Stuttgart Peace Prize 2005.

Quotations

“For my whole life, I have fought and written on behalf of the weakest." (BBC, March 5, 2005; photo Wikipedia)