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I can't say there's a particular pattern I can point out, other than the fact that hot spots like Pakistan, Iraq, and Afghanistan still deliver morbid news regularly: A journalist and media worker were killed in explosive violence in Quetta; an anchorman for Al-Iraqiya died when a group of unidentified gunmen opened fire on his car in Baghdad; an Al-Mosuliya television presenter was shot in front of his Mosul home by gunmen firing from a speeding car; and a well-known TV anchor was found stabbed to death outside his home in Kabul.
Unexplained deaths like the one in Belarus will continue to happen as well: Aleh Byabenin, founder and director of the Minsk-based pro-opposition news website Charter 97, was found suspiciously hanged in his home. The initial finding of suicide was met with widespread skepticism and caused authorities to reopen the case.
There are many questions in Angola, too. Chakussanga, a radio journalist for a station critical of the ruling MPLA government, died the day his wife gave birth to their son.
We will continue to do what we can to determine whether these deaths were directly related to the journalists' work. And we will continue to press for investigations and prosecutions in all cases until each killing sees justice.
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Having read this write-up I felt extremely sad and sorry for the journalists who lost their lifes with such fast-paced frequency. In my view there is a pressing need for such international plateform consisted upon the world community of journalists which work very actively to bring more unity among the press corps and pursue the cases of journalists who lost their lifes or put to threats.
More the journalistic platform should as well devise latest and effective tacts to deal the relevant parties who are after hunting or have hunted to the truth-teller conspicuously. For instance, the concered states and countries where journalists are mistreated or barred from performing their professional duties with impunity be made to face and defend themselves before an organisation like international court for justice.
Regards,
Bashir Memon
Department of Medi and communication,
University of Leicester, UK.