Funeral of journalist, Novaya Gazeta observer Anna Politkovskaya killed October 7, 2006.
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Russia Trails Only Iraq in Journalist Murders
Iraq, Russia and Columbia lead in number of journalists perished in the past decade, AP announced with reference to the report of the International News Safety Institute (INSI).
According to INSI, Iraq leads with 138 murders and unexplained deaths of reporters occurred from 1996 to 2006, 88 reporters perished in Russia and 72 in Columbia over the period. The global news media toll exceeded 1,000.
The alarming trend is the rising number of news media deaths. The death toll was 103 in 2001, but it widened to 117 in 2004 and to 167 in 2006.
In Russia, the problem of reporters’ safety is really grave, said INSI Director Rodney Pinder. Another incident of this kind happened in Moscow one of these days, Pinder said, reminding about the unexplained death of Kommersant journalist Ivan Safronov. The INSI director also mentioned the recent murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
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