Rights group says 46 journalists killed in 2011February 21, 2012 - 20:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - At least 46 journalists were killed in 2011, with Pakistan the deadliest country for the second year running, a rights group said Tuesday, February 21, according to AFP. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said deaths during dangerous assignments - such as covering street protests - reached the highest level on record in 2011 as the Arab uprisings dominated the headlines. Seven deaths were reported in Pakistan, followed by five each in Iraq, where attacks have continued despite the US withdrawal, and Libya, where a popular revolt against strongman Moamer Kadhafi escalated into a NATO-backed war. "Seventeen journalists died while on dangerous assignments, many of them while covering the chaotic and violent confrontations between authorities and protesters during the uprisings that swept the Arab world," the report said. Photojournalists and camera operators accounted for 40 percent of fatalities, more than twice the proportion CPJ has documented since it began keeping records in 1992. The group also reported an increase in the deaths of Internet journalists, who "rarely appeared on CPJ's death toll before 2008." CPJ said it was still investigating another 35 deaths in 2011 that may have been work-related. Forty-four journalists were killed in 2010, according to the group. Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. Partner news Most popular in the section | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |