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    IFJ MARKS 'END OF DEADLY DECADE' WITH REPORT ON JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA STAFF KILLED IN 2009

    AZG DAILY
    03-02-2010

    Mass media

    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) February 1 issued
    its report on journalists and media workers who died in the exercise of
    journalism in 2009. The report provides detailed information of media
    killings, including 32 victims of a single massacre in Maguindanao,
    the Philippines, last November.

    "The report is more than just a record of the death toll of journalists
    and media workers killed in 2009," said Aidan White, IFJ General
    Secretary. "More importantly, it provides a chilling account of risks
    and dangers which continue to claim our colleagues' lives in the four
    corners of the world."

    The IFJ says that 2009, one of the worst years for journalists'
    killings, capped a violent decade which put journalism to the sword
    and left record numbers of murders of media people. According to the
    report, the death of Michelle Lang, the Canadian reporter killed
    in Afghanistan on 30 December and the confirmation of murder of
    photographer Jepon Cadagdagon in the Manguindanao massacre brought
    the 2009 total of media killings to 139.

    The Asia Pacific region recorded the highest death toll with 52
    followed by the Americas with 30 killings, including 13 murders of
    journalists in Mexico alone.

    The IFJ reports warns that the levels of violence against media
    witnessed last year raise the likelihood of another massacre in places
    like lawless Somalia and gangster-ruled parts of Mexico.

    "The failure of governments to take seriously the issue of media
    protection plays in the hands of men of violence," added White. "This
    can only be tackled by an unwavering commitment to end Impunity for
    journalists' murderers."
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