Media killings' impunity outrage

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Despite the slight decrease last year in the number of journalists killed across the globe, a heated debate continues to rage on about the massive impunity surrounding these killings, as analysts decry governments' lack of action, and more journalists flee their homelands and threaten to quit the profession. 17 Jan 2011 09:35

WAN-IFRA lists deadly places for journalists in 2010

According to research by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), sixty-six journalists and other media workers were killed worldwide because of their professional activities in 2010, with Mexico and Pakistan emerging as the most deadly countries for journalists. 14 Jan 2011 08:00

Media killings on the rise

At least 42 journalists around the world have been killed so far this year, with 17 killed in April alone, a global media protection organisation has said. A report released by the London-based International News Safety Institute (INSI) on Wednesday (28 April 2010), in the run up to World Press Freedom Day on May 3, warns media killings are on the rise. 30 Apr 2010 07:06

IFJ releases 2009 violence against media report

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Monday, 1 February 2010, issued its report on journalists and media workers who died in the exercise of journalism in 2009. The report provides detailed information of media killings, including 32 victims of a single massacre in Maguindanao, the Philippines, last November. 3 Feb 2010 08:29