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Original Post Date: 2010-06-08 Time: 09:00:02 Posted By: News Poster
By Chantelle Benjamin
Johannesburg – A REPORT reveals that 33 journalists have been killed so far this year, with those deaths that took place in South America largely linked to coverage of drug trafficking.
SA does not feature among the 11 sub-Saharan African countries in the World Association of Newspapers report, despite concerns raised by the South African Editors’ Forum in April about attempts by President Jacob Zuma ‘s government to clamp down on the media through a proposed media tribunal and recent attacks on the media by the police.
The World Press Freedom index, which looks at imprisonment, censorship and harassment of reporters, placed SA 33rd last year.
The World Association of Newspapers said six journalists were killed in the South American republic of Honduras, five in Mexico and four in Pakistan this year.
The first African country on the list was Nigeria, with three deaths.
There have been no deaths in Iran but more than 50 journalists are in prison – more than a third of journalists imprisoned worldwide, according to the report.
The report, presented yesterday in Germany, said attacks against journalists were on the rise. Last year, 99 journalists were killed, compared to 70 in 2008 and 95 in 2007. The worst year so far was 2006, with 110 journalists killed.
In South America, journalists there have been under the most threat this year, with Honduras branded “the deadliest place for journalists so far in 2010”.
The report continues: “Mexico also remains one of the most dangerous places for journalists to practise their profession, with five killed so far this year, mostly for their coverage of drug trafficking.
“Most analysts remain sceptical of the government’s ability and will to protect journalists.”
In Pakistan, kidnapping and the deliberate targeting of journalists has made it the third most dangerous country this year.
Russia, where one journalist has died this year, is seen by the association as one of the “world’s most difficult media environments” for journalists to work in, citing new antiterrorism legislation that allows the government to force editors to remove articles that “appear undesirable”.
In sub-Saharan Africa, the countries highlighted for high levels of violence, prosecutions, imprisonment and censorship are: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Ghana, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda.
In the Middle East and north Africa “harassment, defamation lawsuits, among other measures are being used”, most notably in Bahrain, Yemen, the Palestinian Territories, Egypt and Tunisia, “to control the press and limit free and independent information”.
At the recent CNN Multi Choice African Journalist awards in Kampala, Uganda, Nigerian Daily Independent editor Ikechukwu Amaechi said investigative journalists in Africa struggle daily to get out the news, not just overcoming physical threats, but political and business pressure, as well as a lack of regulatory frameworks that protect their right to information.
Nine journalists were killed in Somalia last year.
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Original date published: 8 June 2010
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201006080593.html?viewall=1