INSI ranks
India, 4th most dangerous country for Journalists in 2013
The Philippines tied with India
in second place in the list of the “World’s Most Dangerous Country for
Journalists” in 2013 that was topped by war-torn Syria.
The International News Safety
Institute (INSI) reported that the Philippines and India each recorded the
killings of 12 journalists and one media worker.
One hundred and thirty-four
journalists and media support staff were killed while on reporting assignments
last year, with India fourth on the list of countries with the most number of
deaths, the London-based International News Safety Institute (INSI) said on
Tuesday.
Most of those killed were
targeted deliberately.
Of these, 65 died covering armed
conflicts - primarily in Syria, where 20 were killed, and Iraq, where the death
total was 16 - while 51 were killed in peacetime covering issues like crime and
corruption, and 18 died in accidents.
After Syria and Iraq, cited by
the Institute as the most dangerous countries for journalists last year, came
Philippines with 14 deaths, India with 13 and Pakistan with 9.
The total was down from 152
deaths recorded in 2012, but there was an accompanying rise in assaults,
threats and kidnappings directed at journalists which largely go unreported,
said the INSI study, "Killing the Messenger".
The institute, funded by major
world news organisations including Reuters, has been issuing the report since
1996. Its main work is providing security training for journalists reporting in
dangerous situations.
INSI said local journalists were
the main victims, with 123 of the dead killed while covering their own country.
Of the 20 who died in Syria, 16 were Syrian nationals.
"Most journalists were
targeted, and shooting was the most common cause of death," INSI said. The
report, compiled for INSI by the Cardiff School of Journalism in Wales, showed
85 of the victims were shot.
Others died in explosions,
stabbings and beatings, under torture or by strangulation, or in accidents,
according to INSI.
In 2012, 28 reporters died in
Syria, 18 in Somalia, 12 in Nigeria, 11 in Mexico and 11 in Pakistan.
The 2013 total for the
Philippines, which in past years has seen a mass shooting of reporters as well
as individual assassinations, included five who lost their lives in natural
disasters.
Written By: Pooja Karn
Title: INSI ranks India, 4th
most dangerous country for Journalists in 2013
Description: The Philippines tied with
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Category: International, Social
Date:19-02-14
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