Pakistan remains the most dangerous country for journalists to work in with eight killed there so far this year.
According to figures from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), 44 journalists have been killed so far in 2011. That compares with the 66 killed in the line of duty or targeted because of their work for the full year in 2010, and 99 in 2009.
WAN-IFRA's annual World Press Freedom Review reveals that: "In the last 10 years, 36 journalists have been targeted and killed in Pakistan and none of their cases have been brought to court. In 2010, the country was the world's deadliest for the press, and 2011 has seen no let-up."
The victims included: "Syed Saleem Shahzad, the South Asia correspondent for Italian news agency Adnkronos International (AKI) and Pakistan bureau chief of the Asia Times website, [who] was tortured and killed in a targeted attack." Full story...
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According to figures from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), 44 journalists have been killed so far in 2011. That compares with the 66 killed in the line of duty or targeted because of their work for the full year in 2010, and 99 in 2009.
WAN-IFRA's annual World Press Freedom Review reveals that: "In the last 10 years, 36 journalists have been targeted and killed in Pakistan and none of their cases have been brought to court. In 2010, the country was the world's deadliest for the press, and 2011 has seen no let-up."
The victims included: "Syed Saleem Shahzad, the South Asia correspondent for Italian news agency Adnkronos International (AKI) and Pakistan bureau chief of the Asia Times website, [who] was tortured and killed in a targeted attack." Full story...
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