Slayings of journalists alarming, institute says
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PARIS -- Assassination has emerged as one of the most efficient tools for silencing journalists, according to a global study tracking fatalities among journalists and press staff in the last 10 years.
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Several leading Dutch politicians  have been threatened with death since the killing of a  filmmaker critical of Islam, media reported on Friday.
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Hated by ultranationalist groups for their dissident views, liberal Turkish intellectuals have grown even more anxious due to increasing threats and hate mail following the murder of ethnic Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.
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The beheading of a Sudanese editor who   had angered some Islamists might mark the start of a gruesome   new trend, commentators said on Thursday.
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A drug gang has threatened to kill foreign journalists who report on the violence between rival cartels and security forces along the U.S.-Mexico border, media and U.S. officials said on Friday.
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An Iraqi reporter and interpreter for The Times was killed in Iraqâs murderous turmoil, which is at a point where many families never know the killers of their loved ones, or their motives.
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Some documents associated with the slaying of a famed Haitian journalist have disappeared, thwarting efforts to solve the case and angering rights groups.
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Tehran urged to abolish executions by stoning, described by Amnesty as 'horrific'
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Reporters there say they face a growing threat from feuding political factions.
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A report by the International Crisis Group says Uzbek security services were behind the October murder of a prominent journalist.
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Politicians affiliated with the group say they fear more Palestinian factional violence.
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THE largest media organization here yesterday joined other media groups in condemning the recent slaying of a 26-year-old photojournalist in Jolo, Sulu.
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Two media watchdogs have concluded that 2004 was among the deadliest years for journalists in recent history.
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Two recent cases have caused journalists and bloggers to fear a government crackdown on freedom of expression.
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Eighty-one journalists and media staffers were killed worldwide in 2006, making it the deadliest year for reporters in more than a decade
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Media groups expressed concern Thursday at the detention of an Afghan journalist with no explanation, days after a government magazine editor was arrested on unspecified charges.
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Some intrepid journalists put their lives in danger to file reports from war zones but it is a rare reporter who actually volunteers to be shot.