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Over 88 Journalists killed worldwide during current year ISLAMABAD: Nov 30: Over 88 media persons have, so far, been killed during the current year and hundreds have been arrested or have been jailed, a majority of them following sham trials or without formal charges being brought against them. More than 750 journalists were murdered worldwide in the past decade, said a report by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). It said: "hundreds of journalists were arrested for their work in the past year, and at least 170 are still in jail. In its half-year review of press freedom world-wide, received in the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists Secretariat here on Monday, the association said that the horrific attack in the Philippines on Nov 23, in which more than 30 journalists were among the 57 murdered, was the deadliest single attack on media in memory that brought the total of journalists killed in the Philippines to 35 this year, making it the most dangerous country in the world for journalists. The PFUJ described the terrible tragedy that struck the Philippines this Monday as biggest single atrocity against journalists in recent history. Prior to this attack, at least 75 journalists had been killed under the Arroyo government and only four cases have seen successful prosecutions. Outside of Iraq, the Philippines has become the most dangerous country for journalists this century. A clear culture of impunity has been allowed to flourish under this government which must no longer be tolerated. - The hostility of many governments to any form of dissent continues to impede independent news reporting in Asia. Journalists reporting on corruption find themselves in the firing line of those directly or indirectly exposed by their reports. - Continued imprisonment of journalists in China, Burma's mass censorship and repression of independent media, the consequences of decades long civil war in Sri Lanka, and the violence against the press in Nepal are only some of the key challenges facing press freedom in the region. - Governments throughout the Middle East and North Africa continue to demonstrate their intolerance for truth, dissent and satire. - Journalists and freedom of expression advocates are continuously targeted by the authorities, while the severe crackdown on blogging region-wide reveals how much governments believe that the Internet can be a threat to their power. - Across Africa, Heads of State and their friends continue to abuse criminal defamation and sedition laws to punish journalists who expose policy failures and corruption, and who report on conflicts and opposition views.

- Crackdowns on the independent press and use of force are intensifying, inducing both self- and government-imposed censorship. - In Latin America, governments and criminals ruthlessly attack journalists investigating high-level corruption and organised crime. Reporters are murdered with impunity, while critical and opposition media are shut down arbitrarily. - Prosecution and violence continues to be aimed at journalists in various parts of Europe and Central Asia, as they question government policies, use information deemed classified or unveil human rights abuses. Police raids, abductions and imprisonments remain common. According to the list, maximum journalists were killed in Philippine (37) followed by Pakistan (8), Mexico (7), Somalia (6), Russia (5), Guatemala (3), Iraq (3), two each in Sri Lanka, Honduras, Colombia, and one in India, Kenya, Indonesia, Iran, Nepal, Nigeria, Palestinian Territories. Madagascar, El Salvador, Venezuela, Democratic Republic of Congo. The seven Journalists who were killed in the Philippine on July 27, Godofredo Linao, commentator, Radyo Natin June 12, Antonio Castillo, journalist, Bigwad June 9 , Crispin Perez Jr, journalist, dwDO and Radyo Natin June 3, Jonathan Petalvero, commentator, dxVM-FM June 3, Jojo Trajano, journalist, Remate February 23, Ernesto Rollin, reporter, Filipino radio station DxSY-AM January 22, Badrodin Abbas, journalist, Filipino radio station DXCM. In Pakistan eight journalists were killed: August 24, Janullah Hashimzada, journalist, Shamshad, Television, August 14, Siddique Bacha Khan, journalist, Aaj TV, April 16 Wasi Ahmed, journalist, Balochistan Express, March 26, Raja Asad Hameed, journalist, The Nation and Waqt TV, February 18 Musa Khankhel, journalist, Geo TV and The News daily, January 24, Aamir Wakil, journalist, Awami Inqilab, January 4 Muhammad Imran, cameraman, Express TV, January 4, Saleem Tahir Awan, journalist, local dailies Eitedal and Apna Akhbar. In Mexico seven journalists were killed: November 2, Jos Bladimir Antuna Garca, journalist, El Tiempo de Durango , October 11, Fabian Ramirez Lopez, commentator, La Magia ,September 23 , Norberto Miranda Madrid, journalist, Radio Visin, July 28 , Juan Daniel Martinez Gil, commentator, W Radio and Radiorama Acapulco, May 25, Eliseo Barron Hernandez, journalist, El Tiempo de Durango, May 3, Carlos Ortega Melo Samper, journalist, La Opinion, February 13 , Jean Paul Ibarra, photographer, El Correo In Somalia six journalists were killed: July 4 ,Mohamud Mohamed Yusuf, commentator, Radio Holy Quran, June 8, Mukhtar Mohamed Hirabe, director, Radio Shabelle, May 26 , Nur Muse Hussein, correspondent, Radio IQK, May 22 , Abdirisak Mohamed Warsame, correspondent, Radio Shabelle, February 4 , Said Tahlil Ahmed, director, HornAfrik Radio, January 1 , Hassan Mayow Hassan, correspondent, Radio Shabelle. In Russia five journalists lost their lives: August 11,Malik Akhmedilov, deputy editor, Hakikat, July 15, Natalya Esteminova, journalist, Novaya Gazeta and news website Kavkazsky Uzel, June 29, Vyacheslav Iarochenko, editor-in-chief, Rostov-on-Don , January 19 ,Anastasiya Baburova, correspondent, Novaya

Gazeta ,January 5 , Shafig Amrakhov, editor, online news agency RIA 51. In Guatemala three journalists lost their lives: June 8, Marco Antonio Estrada, journalist, Tele Diario, April 1, Rolando Santiz, journalist, 13,April 1, Marc Antonion Estrada, correspondent, TV network Telediario. In Iraq three journalists were killed: May 31, Alaa Abdel-Wahab, journalist, Al-Baghdadia, March 10 ,Haider Hashima and Suhaib Adnan, journalists, Al-Baghdadia. Afghanistan (2): September 9, Sultan Munadi, freelance journalist, March 10, Jawed Ahmad, journalist, CTV News. Sri Lanka (2): February 14, Puniyamoorthy Sathiyamoorthy, journalist, Media House, January 8 , Lasantha Wickrematunga, editor, Sunday Leader. Honduras (2): July 3,Gabriel Fino Noriega, correspondant, Radio America, March 31, Rafael Munguia Ortiz, journalist, Cadena Voces. Colombia (2) : September 22, Diego Rojas Velasquez, journalist, Supiatv ,April 24, Jose Everardo Aquilar, journalist, Radio Super and Bolivar Estereo. India (1): March 25, Anil Mazumdar, editor-in-chief, Aji. Kenya (1): January 15 , Francis Nyaruri (Mong'are Mokua), journalist, Weekly Citizen. Indonesia (1) : February 11, Anak Agung Prabangsa, reporter, Radar. Iran (1): March 18, Omidreza Mirsayafi, blogger, Rooznegar. Nepal (1) : January 12, Uma Singh, journalist, Janakpur Today and "Radio Today FM". Nigeria (1): September 20, Bayo Ohu, editor, Nigerian daily The Guardian. Palestinian Territories (1) : January 6 ,Basel Faraj, cameraman, Algerian TV network ENTV and the Palestine Broadcast Production Company. Madagascar (1): February 7, Ando Ratovonirina, journalist, Radio et Tlvision Analamanga (RTA). El Salvador (1): September 2, Christian Poveda, freelance journalist. Venezuela (1): January 16 ,Orel Zambrano, editor, ABC. Democratic Republic of Congo (1): August 23, Bruno Koko Chirambiza, journalist, Radio Star. The PFUJ urged the international community, UNO to take such hostile environment under which media persons are forced to work and ensure for their safety by formulating universal policy.

falling tolerance level in our society