101 journalists killed across the globe in 2010: IPI
The number of journalists killed across the globe last year hit 101, the second highest figure since the 1990s.
VIENNA:
The number of journalists killed across the globe last year hit 101, the second highest figure since the 1990s, the International Press Institute (IPI) said Tuesday.
The most dangerous region was Asia, with 40 journalists killed, 15 of them in Pakistan, the group said.
Thirty-two journalists were killed in the Americas, making it the second most dangerous continent.
"Although the number of journalists killed, 101, was down, compared to 2009 when 110 died -- including dozens in a massacre in the Philippines -- the final tally was still the second-worst annual figure since IPI’s Death Watch began in the early 1990s," a statement by the organisation said.
The IPI also said the number of countries where journalists were being killed had risen, "indicating that the threat to journalists is widening."
Pakistan became the deadliest country with 15 deaths, followed by Mexico (12) and Honduras (10).
Over the last five years 472 journalists have been killed across the world, most of them in Iraq and in the Philippines.
In 2009, 32 journalists died in a massacre in the southeast Asian country as they accompanied a local election candidate in the Maguindanao province.
The number of journalists killed across the globe last year hit 101, the second highest figure since the 1990s, the International Press Institute (IPI) said Tuesday.
The most dangerous region was Asia, with 40 journalists killed, 15 of them in Pakistan, the group said.
Thirty-two journalists were killed in the Americas, making it the second most dangerous continent.
"Although the number of journalists killed, 101, was down, compared to 2009 when 110 died -- including dozens in a massacre in the Philippines -- the final tally was still the second-worst annual figure since IPI’s Death Watch began in the early 1990s," a statement by the organisation said.
The IPI also said the number of countries where journalists were being killed had risen, "indicating that the threat to journalists is widening."
Pakistan became the deadliest country with 15 deaths, followed by Mexico (12) and Honduras (10).
Over the last five years 472 journalists have been killed across the world, most of them in Iraq and in the Philippines.
In 2009, 32 journalists died in a massacre in the southeast Asian country as they accompanied a local election candidate in the Maguindanao province.