RSF is reported as saying that although these figures were alarming, 2017 had been the least deadly year for professional journalists (50 killed) in 14 years. The murdered reporters were the majority – 60 percent of the total figure. It said the 65 journalists who were killed were either fatally injured in the course of their work (for example, in an artillery bombardment) or were murdered because their reporting angered someone. In December 2017 it reported that a total of 65 journalists were killed that year, 326 were currently in prison, and 54 were held hostage. It continues to maintain a Database of all journalists killed, imprisoned or missing each year and over time.Īnother organisation established to watch over the rights of journalists is Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The CPJ continues to work to expose killings, imprisonments and harm to journalists around the world. Go to their ‘Press Freedom Archives’ for a database on all their reported cases. Her killers have not yet been brought to trial.įor more on the Committee to Protect Journalists, go to their site at: ww.cpj.org/. It is generally believed she was murdered because of her reporting on corruption and civil rights abuses, especially in relation to the war in Chechnya. One of the most prominent deaths in recent times was the Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was shot on 7 October 2006 in her Moscow apartment building. The biggest single source of suspected killers – 31 percent – was political groups, but a similar percentage of killers were reported as the military, paramilitary or government officials.Īnd despite the coverage that deaths of foreign correspondents and camera crews receive in the world media, 85 percent of all journalists were killed while working in their own country. While 27 per cent died in combat zones or on dangerous assignments, almost 75 percent were murdered – because they were journalists. Perhaps the most alarming statistics from the CPJ are not how many journalists were killed in combat zones but how many were killed in countries supposedly at peace. While many of these countries have experienced war during this period, others have not and still journalists there are being killed. The top ten most dangerous countries for journalists during this period were: Iraq (127), Algeria (60), Russia (47), Colombia (40), Philippines (32), India (22), Somalia (22), Bosnia (19), Turkey (19), Pakistan (19), Afghanistan (17), Rwanda (16), Sierra Leone (16), Tajikistan (16), Brazil (15), Sri Lanka (14), Mexico (14), Bangladesh (12), Angola (8) and Yugoslavia (8). But what the CPJ figures also show is that journalists are being killed almost every week somewhere in the world, even in countries where there is no state of open warfare. This has always been recognised for reporters and camera crews in war zones. These figures reinforce how dangerous journalism can be. They list a further six unconfirmed cases in Iraq (2), Mexico (2), the Philippines and Russia.īetween 1 January 1992 and 4 April 2008 they list 685 journalists killed because they were doing their job. They died in Afghanistan, Bolivia, Iraq (2), Pakistan (2) and Somalia. His death brings to eight the number of journalists killed in Gaza and the West Bank since 2001, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, an organisation which monitors attacks on journalists throughout the world.Īltogether, the CPJ says that by mid-April 2008, seven other people throughout the world had been killed while working as journalists. The Israeli army has denied it targeted the media party and says it is investigating. Video footage from Shana’s camera shows he may have filmed the shot which killed him. Eye witnesses say the tank fired directly at the group of journalists who were covering the aftermath of an Israeli air strike. The 23-year-old Reuters cameraman was killed on 16 April 2008 by a shell from an Israeli tank.
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The death of TV cameraman Fadel Shana in the Gaza Strip highlights yet again the dangers faced by many journalists when doing their job.
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