Unprecedented number of journalists has been killed in 2007
11 January 200886 journalists died in 2007. This number was published on January, 2, 2008 by “Reporters without Borders”. In comparison with 2002 the number of the killed has grown by 246 percents. More than a half of victims - 48 people - are killed in the Middle East, 17 - in Asia, 12 - in Africa, two - in Europe and countries of the former USSR. The most dangerous countries for the press are Iraq where 47 journalists have died, Somalia (8) and Pakistan (6).
The longest death-roll of journalists has been fixed by “Reporters” in 1994: 103, and more than a half of them have been killed covering Civil war in Rwanda.
France Presse marks that the International federation of journalists (IFJ), which has published the annual report on December, 31, informed about 171 killed journalists in 2007.
According to “Reporters without Borders”, every day in 2007 two journalists were arrested somewhere in the world. In Pakistan - 195 times, on Cuba – 55 and in Iran 54.
“Reporters without borders” have published also the fresh data on “cyber-dissidents”. 65 persons, who have express their opinions about politics in blogs or at forums, are in prison. 2676 blogs, forums and websites have been closed for a year. The most rigid Internet - censorship is carried out by authorities of Chinese People’s Republic: 50 bloggers are arrested and 2500 sites are closed in this country.
- Four Local Journalists are Killed in Iraq
- USA incarcerates more than any other country of the world
- In Russia extremist crime rate has sharply increased
- In the USA the seven-year old boy has shot his eight-year brother
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