A deadly year for journalism

We bloggers might like to criticise them, and often justifiably, but a lot of journalists are still putting their lives on the line. OhmyNews International.

At least 53 journalists were killed in 2004 while doing their job or for expressing their opinions, the highest annual toll since 1995. Fifteen medias assistants (fixers, drivers, translators, technicians, security staff and others) were also killed.

In 2004 :
# 53 journalists and 15 media assistants were killed
# at least 907 journalists were arrested
# 1,146 were attacked or threatened
# and at least 622 media censored

In 2003 :
# 40 journalists and 2 media assistants were killed
# at least 766 journalists were arrested
# 1,460 were attacked or threatened
# and at least 501 media censored

On 1 January 2005 107 journalists and 70 cyber-dissidents were in prison around the world