5 January 2005

Record Numbers of Media Staff Killed in 2004: INSI


4 January 2005

The International News Safety Institute (INSI) says the war in Iraq has been responsible for the highest death toll among news media staff world-wide in at least a decade. In 2004, 117 journalists and support staff were killed, 42 of them in Iraq. The number is the highest since 1994, when 157 were killed world-wide.

After Iraq, the deadliest places for journalists were the Philippines with 12 killed, India (8), Mexico, Brazil and Bangladesh (5 each), Nepal and Russia (4 each), Colombia and Sri Lanka (3 each) and Nicaragua, Peru, Palestine and Romania (2 each). Seventy percent of the 75 journalists killed outside Iraq were targeted because of their work.

INSI's figure includes all staff and freelancers - print, photo and video journalists and drivers, fixers and translators - who died during newsgathering activities or when their news organisation was targeted because of its work. All causes of death related to work are included, whether deliberate or accidental.

For details of the 117 cases, visit: http://www.newssafety.com/casualties/2004.htm



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