At least 88 journalists have been killed so far this year, according to a press freedom report by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).
Announcing its six monthly review findings ahead of the World Newspaper Congress, World Editors Forum and Info Services Expo 2009, the organisation said hundreds of journalists have been arrested and jailed since January this year, with 170 currently in jail.
Last week’s attack in the Philippines, in which more than 30 journalists were among the 57 murdered, was the ‘deadliest single attack on media in memory’, it stated.
More than 750 journalists have been murdered world-wide in the past decade, said the report.
