A deadly year for journalists in 2004

[KiwiCoromandel]

A deadly year for journalists in 2004

Mar 23, 2005

Seventy-eight journalists were killed in 2004, including 23 in Iraq, in one of the worst tolls since the International Press Institute began keeping records, the IPI said in a report.

"The ongoing Iraqi insurgency killed 23 journalists, and it remains the deadliest place in the world to practice journalism," said the Vienna-based institute, which monitors 191 countries on issues concerning freedom of the press.

The 2004 toll in Iraq was four more than in 2003, the year of the US-led invasion, the report noted, adding overall: "2004 has been one of the worst years since IPI first started keeping records."

"Not since 1999, when 86 journalists were killed, have so many journalists died in a single year," it said.

Among those killed in Iraq was the Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni, who was executed by the Islamic Army in Iraq, an extremist group which demanded the withdrawal of Italy's 3,000 soldiers from Iraq, and several local journalists accused of cooperating with foreign media.

Asia and the region covering north Africa and the Middle East were the most dangerous in 2004, with 23 killed in each region, the report said.

After Iraq, the single most dangerous country for journalists was the Philippines, where 12 died in 2004, up from seven the previous year.

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"The ongoing Iraqi insurgency killed 23 journalists, and it remains the deadliest place in the world to practice journalism," said the Vienna-based institute, which monitors 191 countries on issues concerning freedom of the press.

*mirthless laughter* i'm still waiting to see this in an amerikan newspaper, online or off. however, Eason Jordan had to resign for even mentioning the fact that US journalists were being hit by US soldiers (but you're not supposed to even think that).