(PressTV) The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says Somalia, Mexico and the Philippines were the most dangerous countries for journalists and media correspondents in the past year.
In a recently-released report, the federation said a total of 137 journalists and media personnel were killed in 2009, making the year "one of the worst on record for the deliberate killing of reporters and media staff."
According to the report, the “most shocking statistics” of 2009 was in the Philippines, where around 38 journalists and media staff were killed in cold blood, mostly in a massacre in Maguindanao province on November 23.
“The devastating massacre of 31 journalists and media staff in the Philippines in November and fresh violence against colleagues in Mexico and Somalia have made this a year of terrible bloodshed for media,” the Brussels-based federation said.
The IFJ condemned the “unprecedented attack and continued violence against media" in some countries, describing them as a big "challenge to governments which in 2006 were told by the United Nations Security Council to take steps to protect journalists and media in conflict zones.”
According to IFJ, Russia and Pakistan are among other countries with high numbers of media fatalities.
In a separate report on Wednesday, Reporters without Borders said in the past year a total of 573 world journalists were jailed, 33 were kidnapped, 1,456 were physically assaulted and 157 others fled their countries to escape ill fate.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=115106§ionid=3510212.
In a recently-released report, the federation said a total of 137 journalists and media personnel were killed in 2009, making the year "one of the worst on record for the deliberate killing of reporters and media staff."
According to the report, the “most shocking statistics” of 2009 was in the Philippines, where around 38 journalists and media staff were killed in cold blood, mostly in a massacre in Maguindanao province on November 23.
“The devastating massacre of 31 journalists and media staff in the Philippines in November and fresh violence against colleagues in Mexico and Somalia have made this a year of terrible bloodshed for media,” the Brussels-based federation said.
The IFJ condemned the “unprecedented attack and continued violence against media" in some countries, describing them as a big "challenge to governments which in 2006 were told by the United Nations Security Council to take steps to protect journalists and media in conflict zones.”
According to IFJ, Russia and Pakistan are among other countries with high numbers of media fatalities.
In a separate report on Wednesday, Reporters without Borders said in the past year a total of 573 world journalists were jailed, 33 were kidnapped, 1,456 were physically assaulted and 157 others fled their countries to escape ill fate.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=115106§ionid=3510212.
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