michael beckett is an assistant professor at trinity college dublin school of low. he's also a former associate legal officer at the international court of justice. he says gen this reporting from conflict zions often and the threat from both military and political forces. it does not require a great leap of logic to understand the journalists operating in art and conflicts . and in combat zones are often going to be able to shed light on a government abuses and crimes and expose of the worst aspects of war. so governments will very often see the work of journalists as a thrown in their sides. so it's not a surprise. i think the journalists end up not receiving the protections that they should be receiving, and governments don't always respect important work the journalists have to do in a combat. so this is really important to understand. journalists do not actually have any kind of special status under international humanitarian law. instead, journalist has to be understood as having the same protections the civilians and principals should be able to enjoy. and so