India is 4th most dangerous country for journalists in 2013

[SpArK]

India is 4th most dangerous country for journalists in 2013: Report
Reuters | Feb 19, 2014, 10.40 AM IST

GENEVA: 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-basedInternational 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.



India is 4th most dangerous country for journalists in 2013: Report - The Times of India

 

[kbd-raaf]

Um. That's a bit of a misnomer. 13 journalists dying in a country the size of India is not the same as a few less dying in a country much smaller, with far less journalists to begin with.

 

[Spring Onion]

Um. That's a bit of a misnomer. 13 journalists dying in a country the size of India is not the same as a few less dying in a country much smaller, with far less journalists to begin with.

during peace time . well -------------------------

 

[jarves]

Um. That's a bit of a misnomer. 13 journalists dying in a country the size of India is not the same as a few less dying in a country much smaller, with far less journalists to begin with.

I think India has improved it was at second rank after Pakistan last year if i remember correctly.

 

[neehar]

so india is 4th because 13 people died last year out of 1.24 billion people compared to 20 in 21.8 million of syria,16 in 34 million of iraq ..corrected to 1.2 billion to both countries the death numbers are

syria-1173
iraq-583
india-13

 

[Indischer]

Eleven journalists were killed in India in 2013; putting it at third position in the International Press Institute’s (IPI) list of media personnel killed across the world during the year. While war-torn Syria topped the list with 16 journalists killed, Philippines and Iraq shared the second position with 13 such fatalities each.

In fact, more journalists have been killed in India this year than in Pakistan which had been billed as “the most dangerous country for journalists” for two years in a row, beginning 2011. Nine journalists were killed in Pakistan in 2013.

The 11 journalists killed include Nemi Chand Jain and Sai Reddy in Bastar, Zakaullah in Bulandshahr, Rakesh Sharma in Etawah, and Rajesh Verma and Israr in Muzaffarnagar. The list also includes rationalist Narendra Dabholkar as he also edited a weekly magazine.

India climbed up IPI’s Death Watch in a year when the number of journalists killed world over during the year came down as compared to 2012 which was the deadliest year recorded with 132 dead. Death Watch includes journalists and media staff who were deliberately targeted because of their profession – “either because of their reporting or simply because they were journalists”. The list also includes journalists killed on assignment.

According to the IPI, 2013 was the second deadliest year on its Death Watch with a total of 117 journalists killed across the world. Besides India, other countries which registered a rise in the number of journalists killed included Mexico, Iraq and Philippines. Syria – where 39 journalists had been killed in 2012 – saw a drop this year to 16.

Of the seven regions into which the IPI has divided the world for Death Watch, the Middle East and North African region topped the list again with 38 journalists killed. Asia came a close second with 37; retaining its dubious distinction of recording the second largest number of journalists killed.

11 journalists killed in India in 2013 - The Hindu

 

[Skull and Bones]

so india is 4th because 13 people died last year out of 1.24 billion people compared to 20 in 21.8 million of syria,16 in 34 million of iraq ..corrected to 1.2 billion to both countries the death numbers are

syria-1173
iraq-583
india-13

Without any active conflict, a reporter dying in duty is a concern.

 

[Spring Onion]

so india is 4th because 13 people died last year out of 1.24 billion people compared to 20 in 21.8 million of syria,16 in 34 million of iraq ..corrected to 1.2 billion to both countries the death numbers are

syria-1173
iraq-583
india-13

Correction please .

NOT people but 13 JOURNALISTS.

if you go for deaths of people then the number will be high

 

[neehar]

Without any active conflict, a reporter dying in duty is a concern.

it is..i never stated that its ok to kill a journalist.i just wanted to compare the numbers before the keyboard warriors enter the digital battle field.

 

[notsuperstitious]

India by far has the maximum no of new outlets in the world, thats for perspective.

Also, naxal areas and areas of insurgency are indeed conflict zones for journalists.

 

[Skull and Bones]

it is..i never stated that its ok to kill a journalist.i just wanted to compare the numbers before the keyboard warriors enter the digital battle field.

Journalist deaths should not be equated to that of the population in India. The reason of death is not any epidemic disease or malnutrition.

 

[neehar]

Correction please .

NOT people but 13 JOURNALISTS.

if you go for deaths of people then the number will be high

jana ji assuming the number of jurnos will be proportion to population (although i am sure the jurnos are more than we require in india)that numbers are nearly true..they might increase if considered that the journalist density in india is greater than those two countries.but any way as i said my intention was not to belittle the issue but to present it in a better perspective for a better comparison.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

India is 4th most dangerous country for journalists in 2013: Report
Reuters | Feb 19, 2014, 10.40 AM IST

GENEVA: 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-basedInternational 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.



India is 4th most dangerous country for journalists in 2013: Report - The Times of India

Be Afraid. Be very very afraid!
Beware of Indians...

 

[neehar]

Journalist deaths should not be equated to that of the population in India. The reason of death is not any epidemic disease or malnutrition.

post #12 explains why i did that.

 

[Roybot]

Half of them died in road accidents.