Luciano del Castillo - Photoreporter
LUCIANODELCASTILLO Photographer
2012 in numbers
88 journalists killed (+33%)
879 journalists arrested

193 journalists in prison
1993 journalists threatened or physically attacked

38 journalists kidnapped
73 journalists fled their country
6 media assistants killed
47 netizens and citizen-journalists killed

144 bloggers and netizens arrested
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--- Round-up of Reporters without Borders ---

Press Freedom Index 2012

.
2009
2010
2011
2012
* journalists killed
76
57
66
88
+33%
journalists arrested
573
535
1.044
879
-16%
journalists physically attacked or threatened
1456
1374
1.959
1.993
+2%
media censored
570
504
499
journalists kidnapped
33
51
71
38
-46%
media assistant killed
1
1
-
6
bloggers and cyber-dissidents arrested
151
152
199
netizens and citizen journalists killed
5
47
+840%
media assistants imprisoned
9
netizens imprisoned
199
144
-27%
bloggers physically attacked
61
52
62
journalists fled their country
-
-
77
73
-5%
countries affected by online censorship
60
62
68
World Press Freedom Index 2012 - Dec. 23 2012
©Luciano del Castillo
“ "Journalists killed” in the table includes only cases in which Reporters Without Borders has clearly established that the victim was killed because of his/her activities as a journalist. It does not include cases in which the motives were not related to the victim’s work or in which a link has not yet been confirmed.
Yearly total of journalists killed since 1995
1996 64 2005 63
1997 36 2006 81
1998 28 2007 86
1999 23 2008 60
2000 38 2009 75
2001 31 2010 57
2002 25 2011 66
2003 40 2012 88
2004 53
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