Deadliest Countries for Journalists
Each year, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) publishes a list of journalists killed while on assignment. The following list does not include those who were killed in accidents, such as car or plane crashes, unless the accident was caused by hostile action. The following statistics indicate where the most deaths occurred between 1992 and 2012.
| Country | Number of deaths, 1992–2012 |
|---|---|
| Iraq | 151 |
| Philippines | 73 |
| Algeria | 60 |
| Russia | 54 |
| Pakistan | 51 |
| Somalia | 49 |
| Colombia | 44 |
| Syria | 32 |
| India | 29 |
| Mexico | 28 |
| Brazil | 24 |
| Afghanistan | 24 |
| Turkey | 20 |
| Bosnia | 19 |
| Sri Lanka | 19 |
| Tajikistan | 17 |
| Rwanda | 17 |
| Sierra Leone | 16 |
| Bangladesh | 13 |
| Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory | 12 |
Circumstances: murder: 68%; crossfire in war:
19%; reporting in other dangerous circumstances: 13%. Demographic
traits: female journalists: 6%; male journalists: 94%.
Source: The Committee to Protect Journalists,
www.cpj.org.
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