Fewer journalists killed this year: media watchdog
Fewer journalists were killed this year doing their jobs than in 2007 due to a big fall in the number of deaths in Iraq, a media watchdog said yesterday.
It is deplorable that no concrete measures have been taken to protect the news media after newspaper editor Lasantha Wickrematunge's murder and as a result of the climate of fear, the most independent journalists are fleeing the island, and the most outspoken media are closing, an international media watchdog said.