# Human Rights Watch: Freedom of Expression and the War

Human Rights Watch, 1991-09-01

- Address: https://www.hrw.org/reports/1991/us3/
- Kind: reference
- Last checked: 2026-09-23
- Archived copy: none yet

## Cited by

- [United States military restricts reporters to escorted press pools during the Gulf War](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1991-gulf-war-us-military-press-pools)
- [Claim 204: Pentagon ground rules required pooled reporters' material to be screened before release.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/204)
- [Claim 205: Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said withholding operational detail was necessary because Iraqi forces could exploit it.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/205)
- [Claim 207: British journalist Robert Fisk said reporters inside the pool system lost independence from military framing.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/207)

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