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Pakistan, India top on list of journalists killed on duty.
Rasheed Khalid Tuesday, December 31, 2013
From Print Edition

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India top the list of journalists killed in South Asia in 2013.As many as 22 journalists were killed in this calendar year in connection with their professional duties. Pakistan retained its first position this year also with 10 assassinations followed by India (8), Afghanistan (3) and Bangladesh (1).


A media freedom roundup issued by South Asia Media Commission (SAMC), a media rights watchdog, at yearend simultaneously from the capitals of all the member countries of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc), noted with dismay that violence against media personnel continued with impunity to remain a major threat to media freedom.


The SAMC report for 2013 said that unpunished crimes were jeering at major democracies of the region and depriving their people of the right to information. And so, fear is deeply entrenching in families of those killed and in societies, it said.


The report observed that a major section of media in South Asia, more so in India than in Pakistan, indulged in conflict insensitive journalism and in doing so, putting pressure on the governments of the two countries to go for war rather than peace.


Other factors having a bearing on media freedom and quality journalism in the region were intolerance for diverse points of views as edicts and threats were hurled at the media. The SAMC called on the governments of South Asia to address the issue of violence against the media by bringing perpetrators of past crimes to justice.


Ten journalists were killed in Pakistan in the year 2013 earning the country the tag of being one of the world’s deadliest five countries for media personnel. Journalists in Balochistan and the tribal areas were mainly the targets of intimidation and violence with impunity.



Those killed during were: Salik Ali Jafri, a GEO-News journalist, Ayub Khan Khattak, 42, a reporter of Karak Times, Balochistan-based journalist Haji Abdul Razzak, Ahmed Ali Joiya, a reporter in Bahawalnagar district, Tariq Aslam, Daily Pakistan, Mehmood Ahmed Afridi, Daily Intikhab, Malik Mumtaz, Jang Group, Imran Shaikh and Saif ur Rehman of SamaaTV, and Mohammad Iqbal, NNI.


A year-old fatwa or edict naming certain Pakistani media and journalists as “enemies of the Mujahideen” was re-issued on Oct 19 in the form of a post on Twitter greatly increasing the dangers to which they are already exposed.

Eight journalists were killed in the line of duty in India in 2013 out of whom six were from Uttar Pradesh and two from Chhattisgarh. An acid attack on a journalist in Parbhani, Maharashtra, and an attempt to burn alive another journalist in Kolkata, West Bengal were part of the 19 instances of attacks on journalists in 2013.


Afghanistan saw a sharp increase in violence and threats against journalists by local officials, police and the Taliban. Two journalists and an Indian diarist were killed and at least two writers were forced to flee Afghanistan after receiving death threats.

A blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider was hacked to death near his home in Dhaka and four bloggers were detained on charges of posting “false, indecent or defamatory” information and “hurting religious sentiments” in their blogs.

Pakistan, India top on list of journalists killed on duty - thenews.com.pk
 
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twisting the topic = best indian's trait:D any mod alive? to kick ths indian as usual?
 
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How supa paws enndia have journalists assassinated shopper dipper RAW should work on this for it to stop
 
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How supa paws enndia have journalists assassinated shopper dipper RAW should work on this for it to stop
Becauuse Raw is working on more important things....
For e.x.-Dividng pakistan again......:lol::lol:
 
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LOL,see the source of the news....:lol::lol:
Living in denial=best pakistanis trait.....:lol::lol:

hey indian do all indians have comprehension problem with other diseases or u r exceptional? i clearly said twisting topic the source of the news says india & pakistan tops the list & luks wht u r trying to prtray:D now see who is living in denial:lol:
 
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Nobody in the right mind would compare security situation in India with Pakistan. Epic fail :lol:
 
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hey indian do all indians have comprehension problem with other diseases or u r exceptional? i clearly said twisting topic the source of the news says india & pakistan tops the list & luks wht u r trying to prtray:D now see who is living in denial:lol:

Pakistan 22 journalists dead . India 8 journalist dead .

So it is Pakistan alone that tops the list .
 
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India second most dangerous country for journalists, after Syria
By Helena Williams

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• Almost as many journalists and media support staff died in India as in Syria in the first six months of 2013

• More journalists killed during ‘peacetime’ than in warfare

• Research suggests 100 per cent impunity for killers of journalists in first half of this year

Almost as many journalists died in India as in war-torn Syria in the first six months of this year, according to research by the International News Safety Institute.

Eight journalists lost their lives in Syria alone between January and June, according to INSI’s biannual ‘Killing the Messenger’ survey of news media casualties. The challenges of reporting from Syria have been immense, where countless journalists have put themselves at risk for their stories. They have been attacked, detained, kidnapped and killed in crossfire and by both government and opposition forces. Syria was the deadliest country for the news media last year.

The second most dangerous country was India, where there were six casualties. The last time India was among the top five worst countries was in 2010.

Although the tally is high, research suggests that while one member of the news media was murdered because of his work, three were killed in what is thought to be a case of mistaken identity and two were killed in accidents

In February, Nemi Chand Jain, a journalist from Chhattisgarh in central India, was found dead with his throat slit and a note clipped to his belt accusing him of being a police informer. The Committee to Protect Journalists later cited local media speculation that both local criminals and the police could be responsible for Jain’s murder.

And in May, three employees from a Bengali language daily were murdered by masked men who forced their way into the office. The unknown assailants killed the manager of the paper, Ranjit Choudhary, and then stabbed a proof reader and a driver to death as they left the building. In an interview after the incident, the editor of the paper said that he thought he was the real target but believed it was a case of mistaken identity.

Two journalists were also killed in accidents while on assignment: Prem Thakur, a reporter for Asia News International, was killed in an avalanche while filming a snow clearing operation near the Himalayas. Photographer Manjunath Gowda was killed by an elephant after he went to close to take a picture of it.

Pakistan and Somalia were the third and fourth most dangerous countries for journalists, with five and four journalists killed respectively.

In recent years, Pakistan has consistently ranked among the most dangerous countries for journalists as they are caught between warring political parties, the security forces and militant or extremist networks. Four journalists were killed in secondary explosions, a devastating tactic which targets first responders, such as emergency service workers and journalists, who rush to the site of a bomb blast.

Last year was the deadliest on record for journalists in Somalia. They continue to be targeted in the on-going struggle between the new government and Islamic militants. Islamic militant group Al Shabaab has been blamed for many of the attacks on Somali journalists in the past twelve months.

Three journalists were killed in Brazil, making it the fifth most dangerous country for the news media. Radio journalist Mafaldo Bezerra Gois and columnist Rodrigo Neto de Faria reported on local corruption and were murdered by gunmen on motorcycles. Photographer Walgney Carvalho, who worked on the same paper as Neto de Fario, was gunned down just over a month later. According to local news reports, Carvalho may have been aware of who might have killed his colleague.

According to ‘Killing the Messenger’, of the 40 journalists and support staff killed in the first half of 2013, over half (21) were killed in peacetime as opposed to warfare.

And alarmingly, the perpetrators of targeted attacks on journalists have enjoyed complete impunity.

The toll compares with 70 for the first six months of last year. However, this is a conservative estimate as INSI has recorded the deaths of an additional 27 journalists and support staff where it was unclear whether the killings were related to their work.

“The death toll reminds us of the immense risks journalists take in the course of their work, and not just while reporting on conflict; journalists continue to be targeted for covering crime and corruption in countries which are officially at peace,” said Hannah Storm, Director of INSI.

“As long as those who murder journalists get off scot free, they will continue to believe they can kill the messenger. We call on agencies, governments and the news industry to work together to reduce the risks for journalists and end impunity for those who threaten journalists.”



MOST DANGEROUS COUNTRIES FOR JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA WORKERS IN 2013

SYRIA – 8

INDIA – 6

PAKISTAN – 5

SOMALIA – 4

BRAZIL – 3


INSI: India second most dangerous country for journalists, after Syria
 
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"Pakistan is most dangerous country in South Asia for journalists."

quite obvious, let the talibani brothers do the job
 
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