90 journalists killed so far in 2010
Worldwide, Daily news | ashkharh | October 1, 2010 3:14
90 journalists in 33 countries were killed since the beginning of this year.
The Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) sends an urgent call to all concerned parties stating the facts that despite efforts to downsize the number of victims among journalists, this year’s tally shows a worrying increase of 25 percent over the number killed last year during the same reporting period (72 journalists).
During the past 3 months 31 journalists were killed.
According to the PEC Mexico remains the most dangerous country where 13 journalists were killed in the ongoing battles between the army and the drug cartels in 9 months; it is followed by Honduras where 9 journalists lost their lives, then Pakistan where another 9 journalists were killed.
5 journalists were killed in Iraq since January, a marked deterioration after a period of calm, 5 workers in the Russian media were killed in the North Caucuses region as a result of settling accounts, another 5 in the Philippines.
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