Special Reports

Honduras


At least 42 journalists are killed in 2010 as two trends emerge. Suicide attacks and violent street protests cause an unusually high proportion of deaths. And online journalists are increasingly prominent among the victims. A CPJ special report

A December suicide attack in Pakistan's Mohmand tribal district claimed the lives of two journalists. (Reuters/Umar Qayyum)
Seven journalists are murdered in a matter of weeks. After minimizing the crimes, Honduran authorities are slow and negligent in pursuing the killers. The government is fostering a climate of lawlessness that is allowing criminals to kill journalists with impunity. A CPJ Special Report by Mike O’Connor

President Porfirio Lobo during a televised press conference in January. (AP/Esteban Felix)

Journalist Deaths Hit Decade Peak
Half in Iraq; record number in Somalia


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Killed in Honduras

5 journalists killed since 1992

5 journalists murdered

4 murdered with impunity

Attacks on the Press 2011

7 Attacks by police on journalists covering a teacher strike

Country data, analysis »

Critics Are Not Criminals: Campaign Against the Criminalization of Speech
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