यो बर्ष विश्व भर ६४ जना पत्रकार मारिए-एक नेपालमा
by Prathaa Magar, NJ
न्यूयोर्क December 18, 2007- नेपालका बिरेन्द्र शाहसहित यो बर्ष विश्व भर ६४ जना पत्रकार मारिए। गएको बर्ष ५६ जनाले ज्यान गुमाउनु परेको थियो।
New York, December 18, 2007-64 Journalists were killed worldwide in 2007, making it the deadliest year for the press since 1994, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists CPJ). Last year, the toll was 56 and it is investigating another 22 deaths to determine whether they were work-related. CPJ has recorded only one year with a higher death toll: 1994, when 66 journalists were killed, many in conflicts in Algeria, Bosnia, and Rwanda.

Iraq was the deadliest country in the world for the journalists for the 5th consecutive year. 31 journalist were killed this year alone which account for nearly half of the 2007 woldwide toll. In all, 24 deaths in Iraq were murders by terrorist or insurgent groups and seven occurred in combat-related crossfire.
New York, December 18, 2007— 64 Journalists were killed worldwide in 2007, making it the deadliest year for the press since 1994, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists CPJ). Last year, the toll was 56 and it is investigating another 22 deaths to determine whether they were work-related. CPJ has recorded only one year with a higher death toll: 1994, when 66 journalists were killed, many in conflicts in Algeria, Bosnia, and Rwanda.

Iraq was the deadliest country in the world for the journalists for the 5th consecutive year. 31 journalist were killed this year alone which account for nearly half of the 2007 woldwide toll. In all, 24 deaths in Iraq were murders by terrorist or insurgent groups and seven occurred in combat-related crossfire.

The committee cites "Unidentified gunmen, suicide bombers, and U.S. military activity all posed fatal risks for Iraqi journalists. All but one of 31 journalists killed were Iraqi nationals. They worked mainly for local media, although nine worked for international news organizations such as The New York Times, ABC News, Reuters, and The Associated Press. The 2007 toll in Iraq is consistent with that of 2006, when 32 journalists died."

“Working as a journalist in Iraq remains one of the most dangerous jobs on the planet,” said CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon.

List of the journalists who were killed worldwide in 2007 (Courtesy: CPJ):
AFGHANISTAN: 2- Ajmal Naqshbandi, freelance, April 8, 2007, Helmand province and Zakia Zaki, Sada-i-Sulh, June 5, 2007, Parwan province. BURMA: 1- Kenji Nagai, APF News, September 27, 2007, Rangoon. ERITREA: 2- Fesshaye “Joshua” Yohannes, Setit, date unknown (death disclosed February 2007), location unknown, Paulos Kidane, Eri-TV and Dimtsi Hafash, June 2007, northwest Eritrea. HAITI: 1-Jean-Rémy Badio, freelance, January 19, 2007, Port-au-Prince. HONDURAS: 1- Carlos Salgado, Radio Cadena Voces, October 18, 2007, Tegucigalpa.

IRAQ: 31- Ahmed Hadi Naji, Associated Press Television News, January 5, 2007, Baghdad, Falah Khalaf al-Diyali, Al-Sa’a, January 15, 2007, Ramadi, Hussein al-Zubaidi, Al-Ahali, January 28, 2007, Baghdad, Abdulrazak Hashim Ayal al-Khakani, Jumhuriyat al-Iraq, February 5, 2007, Baghdad, Jamal al-Zubaidi, As-Saffir and Al-Dustour, February 24, 2007, Baghdad, Mohan Hussein al-Dhahir, Al-Mashreq, March 4, 2007, Baghdad, Yussef Sabri, Biladi, March 7, 2007, Baghdad, Hamid al-Duleimi, Nahrain, March 17, 2007, Baghdad, Thaer Ahmad Jaber, Baghdad TV, April 5, 2007, Baghdad, Khamail Khalaf, Radio Free Iraq, April 5, 2007, Baghdad, Othman al-Mashhadani, Al-Watan, April 6, 2007, Baghdad, Khaled Fayyad Obaid al-Hamdani, Nahrain, April 12, 2007, Abu Ghraib, Dmitry Chebotayev, freelance, May 6, 2007, Diyala, Raad Mutashar, Al-Raad, May 9, 2007, outside Kirkuk, Imad Abdul-Razzaq al-Obaid and Nibras Abdul-Razzaq al-Obaid were Mutashar’s brothers-in-law, Alaa Uldeen Aziz, ABC News, May 17, 2007, Baghdad, Saif Laith Yousuf, ABC News, May 17, 2007, Baghdad, Nazar Abdulwahid al-Radhi, Aswat al-Iraq and Radio Free Iraq, May 30, 2007, Al-Amarah, Mohammad Hilal Karji, Baghdad TV, June 6, 2007, Baghdad, Sahar Hussein Ali al-Haydari, National Iraqi News Agency and Aswat al-Iraq, June 7, 2007, Mosul, Aref Ali Filaih, Aswat al-Iraq, June 11, 2007, Al-Khalis, Filaih Wuday Mijthab, Al-Sabah, June 17, 2007, Baghdad, Hamid Abed Sarhan, freelance, June 26, 2007, Baghdad, Sarmad Hamdi Shaker, Baghdad TV, June 27, 2007, Baghdad, Namir Noor-Eldeen, Reuters, July 12, 2007, Baghdad, Khalid W. Hassan, The New York Times, July 13, 2007, Baghdad, Mustafa Gaimayani, Kirkuk al-Yawm and Hawal, July 16, 2007, Kirkuk, Majeed Mohammed, Kirkuk al-Yawm and Hawal, July 16, 2007, Kirkuk, Adnan al-Safi, Al-Anwar, July 27, 2007, Baghdad, Amer Malallah al-Rashidi, Al-Mosuliya, September 3, 2007, Mosul, Salih Saif Aldin, The Washington Post, October 14, 2007, Baghdad, Shehab Mohammad al-Hiti, Baghdad al-Youm, October 28, 2007, Baghdad.

KYRGYZSTAN: 1- Alisher Saipov, Siyosat, October 24, 2007, Osh, NEPAL: 1- Birendra Shah, Nepal FM, Dristi Weekly, and Avenues TV, October 4, 2007, Bara district.

OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY: 1- Suleiman Abdul-Rahim al-Ashi, Palestine, May 13, 2007, Gaza City, PAKISTAN: 5- Mehboob Khan, freelance, April 28, 2007, Charsadda, Noor Hakim Khan, Daily Pakistan, June 2, 2007, Bajaur, Javed Khan, Markaz and DM Digital TV, July 3, 2007, Islamabad, Muhammad Arif, ARY One World TV, October 19, 2007, Karachi, Zubair Ahmed Mujahid, Jang, November 23, 2007, Mirpur Khas. PARAGUAY: 1- Tito Alberto Palma, Radio Mayor Otaño and Radio Chaco Boreal, August 22, 2007, Mayor Otaño. PERU: 1- Miguel Pérez Julca, Radio Éxitos, March 17, 2007, Jaén. RUSSIA: 1- Ivan Safronov, Kommersant, March 2, 2007, Moscow. SOMALIA: 7- Mohammed Abdullahi Khalif, Voice of Peace, May 5, 2007, Galkayo, Abshir Ali Gabre, Radio Jowhar, May 16, 2007, Jowhar, Ahmed Hassan Mahad, Radio Jowhar, May 16, 2007, Jowhar, Mahad Ahmed Elmi, Capital Voice, August 11, 2007, Mogadishu, Ali Sharmarke, HornAfrik, August 11, 2007, Mogadishu, Abdulkadir Mahad Moallim Kaskey, Radio Banadir, August 24, 2007, Bardera, Bashiir Noor Gedi, Radio Shabelle, October 19, 2007, Mogadishu.

SRI LANKA: 5- Subash Chandraboas, Nilam, April 16, 2007, near Vavuniya, Selvarajah Rajeewarnam, Uthayan, April 29, 2007, Jaffna, Isaivizhi Chempiyan, Voice of Tigers, November 27, 2007, Suresh Linbiyo, Voice of Tigers, November 27, 2007, T. Tharmalingam, Voice of Tigers, November 27, 2007. TURKEY: 1- Hrant Dink, Agos, January 19, 2007, Istanbul. UNITED STATES: 1- Chauncey Bailey, Oakland Post, August 2, 2007, Oakland. ZIMBABWE: 1- Edward Chikomba, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (former), March 31, 2007, Darwendale.
Read details at: cpj.org

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