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“Three years have passed since the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1738 on the protection of journalists in conflict zones but governments still seem incapable of protecting reporters,” Reporters Without Borders said. (http://www.rsf.org) |
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2009
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killed
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arrested
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attacks or threats
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media censored
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kidnapped
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| Africa |
12
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115
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170
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80
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7
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| Asia-Pacific |
44
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110
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364
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104
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16
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| America |
6
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80
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501
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27
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7
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| Europe/Ex -Ussr |
7
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101
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223
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162
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1
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| Maghreb/Mid.East |
7
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167
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198
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197
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2
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| Total |
76
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573
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1456
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570
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33
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--- Round-up of Reporters without Borders --- Press Freedom Index 2009
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2008
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2009
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evolution |
| journalists killed |
60
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76
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+26%
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| journalists arrested |
673
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573
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-14%
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| journalists physically attacked or threatened |
929
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1456
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+56%
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| media censored |
353
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570
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+61%
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| journalists kidnapped |
29
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33
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+13%
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| blogger killed |
1
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1
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| bloggers and cyber-dissidents arrested |
59
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151
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+155%
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| bloggers physically attacked |
45
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61
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+35%
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| countries affected by online censorship |
37
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60
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+62%
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| Reporters Without Borders is shocked to learn that Canadian newspaper reporter Michelle Lang was killed on Dec. 30 in the southern province of Kandahar. She was the seventh woman journalist to be killed in 2009. The number of journalists killed in 2009 grows up to 77. |
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| ©Luciano del Castillo |
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