The High Price of the Duty

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) released its annual report * where is listed journalists and mass media workers murder last year and different analysis on journalism worldwide by representatives of IFJ. It is the high price of the duty. 

According to the report, in 2013 it was recorded the killing of 105 colleagues while they simply did their jobs, to report news. Compared to previous year, when 121 journalists were murdered, the figure is lower, although the pressure and harassment´s levels are unknown.  I highlight some points of the report.

• Syria is, for second year, the deadliest country for journalists and mass media workers. 

• After Syria, Iraq, India, Egypt, Pakistan and Philippines record the highest rate of murders

• Russia is the deadliest country for journalists in Europe

• Turkey remains the world’s biggest prison for journalists, with more than 60 in jail.

• 2th November has been appointed International Day of Journalism by UN in memory of the two French journalists murdered in Mali , Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon, who moved to the African country to interview a member of Mouvement National de Liberation de L´Azawad (MLNA).

 

December 8, 2013. Mourners carry the coffin of Yasser Faysal al-Joumaili during his funeral procession in Falluja, 50 km (31 miles) west of Baghdad. Reuters/Thailer Al-Sudani.

* Find the annual report on here