Journalists' killings, jailings at 10-year high
2/2/2007
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of journalists killed or jailed worldwide has reached its highest level in a decade, with arrests rising as governments seek to control the Internet, a media-advocacy group said Thursday.
The survey by Reporters Without Borders found that 81 journalists were killed last year and more than 140 are behind bars. Iraq was the most deadly, with 39 reporters and 26 other media workers killed. It was the worst year for deaths since 1994. In the United States, blogger Josh Wolf was jailed last August after defying a federal judge's order to hand over his video of a protest at an economic summit of the world's industrial powers. Sudanese Al-Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Haj was imprisoned at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, without charges on suspected al-Qaida links.
The report said at least 60 people are in prison worldwide for posting criticism of their governments online.
Saturday, February 03, 2007
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