It is the season to make lists - the best, the worst, the top newsmakers of 2006 - but at Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) our list is a more chilling one. In 2006, our list counts at least 82 journalists killed in the course of doing their work, in addition to dozens of media workers. Hence, 2006 has the terrible distinction of being the most deadly year on record for journalists.
The following is an abridged version of a 31 December 2006 RSF report.
by Reporters Without Borders / Reporters sans frontières (RSF)
7 February 2008
Ninety-five journalists and other media workers were killed world-wide because of their professional activities in 2007, with Iraq and other conflict zones accounting for more than two-thirds of the deaths, the World Association of Newspapers said Thursday.
by World Association of Newspapers (WAN)
The year-end tally of journalists killed for their work during 2006 is now available on CPJ Web site.
The four international mandates on freedom of expression - the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, the OAS Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and the ACHPR Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression - released a Joint Declaration addressing key freedom of expression issues today.
by Article 19
Impunity should no longer be tolerated when a journalist is killed, attacked or threatened
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today released its annual report on journalists and media staff killed last year, confirming that the death toll of at least 155 killed and 22 accidental deaths has marked out 2006 as the bloodiest year on record for journalism worldwide.
2 January 2008
Iraq, Somalia drive the 2007 toll to 65
by Committee to Protect Journalists
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) brought to light press freedom and safety of journalists by participating in UNESCO's conference on World Press Freedom Day in Medellin, Colombia.
This week a new self-assessment website launches providing journalists and those who work them with a confidential tool to help them determine if they are suffering the effects of post traumatic stress.
by INSI
31 December 2007
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today said that violence against journalists in 2007 has reached extreme levels for the third year in succession with 171 confirmed deaths, just below the record set a year ago.
by IFJ
