Deadliest Year For Journalists In A Decade

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Journalists face increasing danger

Tuesday 15 March 2005, 16:36 Makka Time, 13:36 GMT  


Journalists in Russia are increasingly the targets of contract-style killings and Iraq remains the most dangerous place for reporters, said a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

In its annual Attacks on the Press survey, the journalists group said a total of 56 journalists were killed while on assignment in 2004, making last year the deadliest for journalists in the decade since 1994 when 66 were killed - most of those in Algeria's war.

Iraq is the most dangerous place to report from, with 23 journalists killed in the line of duty last year and 22 abducted. Most of those killed were local Iraqi reporters.

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