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New York, January
2008—Sixty-five journalists were killed in direct relation to
their work in 2007, the highest death toll in more than a
decade, the Committee to Protect Journalists said in a year-end
report. For the fifth straight year, Iraq was the world’s
deadliest country for the press. Its 32 victims accounted for
nearly half of the 2007 toll. Somalia was the second-deadliest
country, with seven journalist deaths.
CPJ, founded in 1981,
compiles and analyzes journalist deaths each year. The 2007 toll
is second only to that of 1994, when 66 journalists were killed
amid conflicts in Algeria, Bosnia, and Rwanda. CPJ is
investigating another 23 journalist deaths in 2007 to determine
whether they were work-related.
Consistent with previous
years, about seven in 10 journalist deaths in 2007 were murders.
Combat-related deaths and deaths in dangerous assignments
accounted for the rest of the cases.
A list of journalists killed for their work in 2007, with
reporting on each case, is available online. Also online are
capsules for the
cases that CPJ is still investigating, and capsules for
media worker deaths.
New York January 2008 |
