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Contributions from
the Column
Facts and trends
“Relief demands the highest professional standard”
53 journalists killed
More money for
population issues
Sudanese rebel leader
John Garang becomes vice president
An action plan for the millennium goals
World Bank: Wolfensohn steps down
Malloch Brown new
chef de cabinet at UN
02/2005
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53 journalists killed
53 journalists were killed worldwide in the course of their work last year – 11 more than in 2003. According to Reporters without Borders, this was the highest rate since 1995, when 22 reporters were killed in the Algerian civil war alone. In 2004, for the second year in a row, the majority of the victims died in Iraq. 19 reporters and 12 other members of the media lost their lives there. Most became victims of insurgents, but the US army is responsible for the death of four journalists. At least twelve journalists in Iraq were kidnapped, one of whom, Enzo Baldoni, an Italian, was murdered by rebels. As in previous years, several journalists were also murdered in Bangladesh and the Philippines in 2004 after they had investigated cases of corruption and drug trafficking. (ell)
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