Pakistan second most dangerous country for journalists, says UNESCO
A report released by UNESCO ranks Pakistan as the second-most dangerous
country for journalists
in 2010-2011, reports
Dawn. Mexico
was the most dangerous,
with 18 journalist
fatalities in that
time frame. Two
Pakistani journalists
were killed in 2006-2007,
followed by six
in 2008-2009 and
16 in 2010-2011,
the report, “The
Safety of Journalists
and the Danger of
Impunity,” found.
Forty-two journalists
have been killed
in Pakistan since 1992, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.