More than 90 percent of photos of traffic accidents’ victims are taken without their consent, which brings an extra load of psychological pain to their situation, local media reported.

Many social network users are keen on taking photos of the victims or those injured in the accident, believing that the picture is a public right, a survey conducted by the volunteer ambulance workers stated.

Data showed that crowding near traffic incidents has sharply increased due to the spread of the culture of taking pictures through mobile phones, spokesman of the ambulance team, Hamad bin Mushakhis, told Al-Hayat daily.

This phenomenon used to hinder Traffic Department and the Red Crescent workers access to accident sites and, therefore, prompted the team to launch an awareness campaign to show the negative impact of shooting incidents and infringing the privacy of the injured or the deceased, bin Mushakhis said.

The spokesman emphasized that the campaign will include a series of media awareness programs through social network sites and mass media.

One of the key programs to be implemented by the campaign is a program called “My suffering is not for shooting” which deals with the issue of the widespread use of photos related to fire or traffic accidents.

Mushakhis pointed out that a lot of images portraying these kind of injuries are not humane and a photographer has no right to take or publish it. Some of

the photos lead to the spread of harmful rumors that may harm the injured or the victim’s reputation, he said.