When Journalists Become Victims of Violence
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Every year, Reporters without Borders announces the results of their findings on the number of journalists worldwide who have been killed, threatened and harassed during the year. Accordingly, last year 67 journalists and media workers were killed in the course of doing their jobs, bringing the total number of journalists killed since 2005 to 787 people. Meanwhile the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reports that in 2014, 119 media workers were kidnapped and more than 800 arrested.
Only last week in India, according to the CPJ, journalist Malini Subramaniam on her way to work was attacked by a mob pelting her car with rocks. She had been reporting on human rights abuses in the conflict between Maoist groups and the government in Chhattisgarh. And who can forget the kidnapping and massacre of 34 local journalists in Mindanao, the Philippines?
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Every year, Reporters without Borders announces the results of their findings on the number of journalists worldwide who have been killed, threatened and harassed during the year. Accordingly, last year 67 journalists and media workers were killed in the course of doing their jobs, bringing the total number of journalists killed since 2005 to 787 people. Meanwhile the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reports that in 2014, 119 media workers
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