54 journalister har hittil å år mistet livet på jobb, de fleste i Pakistan og Filippinene. Det er World Association of Newspapers (WAN) som melder dette. 

In its study, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said 760 journalists were killed between 1992 and today, and another 30 scribes have been reported missing, as of last year.

The CPJ has listed Somalia, Iraq, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Russia as the deadliest countries for media persons this year. 

- The Star

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