Daily Archives: January 5, 2011
IFJ reports 97 journalists were lost to violence in 2010
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today warned that journalists and media personnel remain prime targets for political extremists, gangsters and terrorists as it announced that at least 94 journalists and media personnel killed in 2010 were victims of targeted killings, bomb attacks and crossfire incidents.
January 5, 2011
Journalists in 2010: targets and bargaining chips – 2010 RSF report
Fifty-seven journalists were killed in connection with their work in 2010, 25% fewer than in 2009, when the total was 76. The number of journalists killed in war zones has fallen in recent years. Significantly, it is becoming more and more difficult to identify those responsible in cases in which journalists were killed by criminal gangs, armed groups, religious organizations or state agents.
January 5, 2011
