57 journalists were killed in 2010, says RSF

In 2010, 57 journalists were killed in the exercise of their profession against 76 in 2009, according to a report published Thursday, December 30 Reporters Without Borders (RSF). This record is much lower than that delivered by the NGO Press Emblem Campaign, based in Geneva, which reported 105 journalists killed, down from last year.

For RSF, the journalists are killed primarily victims of criminals and traffickers. In 2010, 51 journalists have been abducted, 535 were arrested, 1,374 were attacked or threatened, 504 media were censored and 127 journalists have fled the country. For the Internet, 152 bloggers have been arrested, 52 assaulted and 62 countries are affected by network censors.


RSF notes that fewer journalists were killed in the war zones in recent years, but it is increasingly difficult to identify the murderers among criminal gangs, armed or religious states. In 2010, journalists have been killed in twenty-five countries. Since RSF prepares its accounts, is the first time that so many countries are affected.
Year 2010 is also marked by the increase in the number of abductions: 29 cases in 2008, 33 in 2009, 51 in 2010. The hostage journalists at France 3 and Stéphane Hervé Ghesquière Taponier and their three Afghan guides is the longest in the history of journalism Fançais since the late 1980s, the NGO also observed.
Jean-Paul Kauffmann was detained three years, from 1985 to 1988, Lebanon. On Wednesday, many events throughout France marked the first anniversary of the abduction of two men. Their portraits have been especially projected onto the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. For the first time this year, no continent has escaped the scourge of kidnapping, journalists become a real currency, and kidnappings for the kidnappers to finance their criminal activities.

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