The U.S.-led war in Iraq claimed the lives of a record
number of journalists and challenged some commonly held perceptions about the risks
of covering conflict. Far more journalists, for example, were murdered in targeted
killings in Iraq than died in combat-related circumstances. Here, on the 10th anniversary
of the start of the war, is a look inside the data collected by CPJ.
Representatives from 40 Pakistani and international press groups, development organizations, and media houses came together in Islamabad last week to discuss ways to better protect local journalists at risk of violence, and means to combat the virtually perfect record of impunity that assailants enjoy in this country. It's none too soon. Three journalists have died already in Pakistan this year, and more than 40 have been killed over the past decade. About two dozen have been targeted for murder. On the eve of the March 6-7 conference, members of an ARY Television news crew were shot and beaten by thugs in Hyderabad. The attack attests to the dangerous situation in Pakistan where journalists routinely face threats from an array of sources; where reporters working on dangerous beats have little protection; and where law enforcement response to anti-press attacks is nearly nonexistent.
Amid a tense presidential election, Kenyans have avoided a
repeat of the deadly violence that followed the vote in 2007, when half a
million people were uprooted and more than 1,000 people were killed. Still, the
situation today is fraught. Ethnic identity dominates the nation's political
divisions--and those same loyalties can undermine solidarity in the press corps.
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