2. Beats covered by Journalists
Murdered in India From since 1992
Beats Covered by Victims *
12% Business
35% Corruption
18% Crime
6% Culture
18% Human Rights
41% Politics
3. Here are the facts:
A journalist is killed in the line of duty somewhere around the world
once every eight days.
Nearly three out of four are targeted for murder. The rest are killed in
the crossfire of combat, or on dangerous assignments such as street
protests.
Local journalists constitute the large majority of victims in all groups.
The murderers go unpunished in about nine out of 10 cases.
The overall number of journalists killed, and the number of journalists
murdered, have each climbed since the 1990s.
4. UNESCO addresses the global
problem
UNESCO--the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization--is trying to address this global problem of anti-press
violence, one that threatens everyone's right to seek and convey
news and opinion. The organization has convened a series
ofmeetings with U.N. agencies, member states, and civil society
organizations to put into practice a U.N. Plan of Action on the Safety
of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity.
5. Among its many security-related measures, the plan calls for
strengthening the office of the U.N. special rapporteur for free
expression, assisting member states in developing national laws to
prosecute the killers of journalists, and establishing a U.N. inter-
agency mechanism to evaluate journalist safety. The first
implementation meeting took place in Paris in September 2011 and
the second will occur later this month in Vienna. Its final day will
coincide with the International Day to End Impunity, the third
anniversary of a brutal ambush in the Philippines that claimed the
lives of more than 30 journalists and media workers.
6. Most dangerous countries for
journalists
The top ten most dangerous countries for journalists during this
period were: Iraq (127), Algeria (60), Russia (47), Colombia
(40), Philippines (32), India (22), Somalia (22), Bosnia (19), Turkey (19),
Pakistan (19), Afghanistan (17), Rwanda (16), Sierra Leone (16),
Tajikistan (16), Brazil (15), Sri Lanka (14), Mexico (14), Bangladesh
(12), Angola (8) and Yugoslavia (8).
7. India one among 13 risky countries
for journalists
Committee to Protect Journalists, an international media rights body
has recently disclosed that around the world 864 working journalists
have been killed in different incidents since 1992. Among them 547
journalists were killed with complete impunity. The New York based
media rights body also reveals that India is one of the 13 risky
countries where journalists are murdered on a recurring basis and
governments are unable (or unwilling) to prosecute the killers.
8. List of the
Rajesh Mishra, Media Raj
March 1, 2012, in Rewa, India
Vikas Ranjan, Hindustan
November 25, 2008, in Rosera, India
Mohammed Muslimuddin, Asomiya Pratidin
April 1, 2008, in Barpukhuri, India
Prahlad Goala, Asomiya Khabar
January 6, 2006, in Golaghat, India
9. Veeraboina Yadagiri, Andhra Prabha
February 21, 2004, in Medak, India
Parvaz Mohammed Sultan, News and Feature Alliance
January 31, 2003, in Srinagar, India
Ram Chander Chaterpatti, Poora Sach
November 21, 2002, in Sirsa, India
Moolchand Yadav, Freelance
July 30, 2001, in Jhansi, India
10. Saidan Shafi, Doordarshan TV
March 16, 1997, in Srinagar, India
Altaf Ahmed Faktoo, Doordarshan TV
January 1, 1997, in Srinagar, India
Parag Kumar Das, Asomiya Pratidin
May 17, 1996, in Assam, India
Ghulam Rasool Sheikh, Rehnuma-e-Kashmir and Saffron Times
April 10, 1996, in Kashmir, India
11. Mushtaq Ali, Agence France-Presse and Asian News International
September 10, 1995, in Srinagar, India
Ghulam Muhammad Lone, Freelancer
August 29, 1994, in Kangan, India
Dinesh Pathak, Sandesh
May 22, 1993, in Baroda, India
Bhola Nath Masoom, Hind Samachar
January 31, 1993, in Rajpura, India
M. L. Manchanda, All India Radio
May 18, 1992, in Patiala, India
12. Source of Information
Links:
http://cpj.org/killed/2012/
http://www.thenewsmanual.net/Resources/whats_new_in_news02.h
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13. Presented By:
WASIM ABDHULLHA
Pursuing Masters Degree at Islamic University of Science and
Technology, Awantipora, Jammu and Kashmir
Email:- wasimabdullah23@gmail.com
