Algeria

Journalist Deaths Hit Decade Peak Half in Iraq; record number in Somalia

Iraq, Somalia drive the 2007 toll to 65

Detailed accounts of each imprisoned journalist.

Majority are murdered; worldwide death toll rises

By Mathew HansenHundreds of journalists have been killed over 15 years, many on the orders of government officials. Few cases are ever solved. In the Fall/Winter 2006 edition of Dangerous Assignments

By Ivan KarakashianA Yemeni editor’s decision to reprint cartoons of Muhammad sparks government reprisals. Other cases abound.

Death toll is 47 worldwide; Iraq becomes deadliest recent conflict

Around the world, 122 journalists were in prison at the end of 2004 for practicing their profession, 16 fewer than the year before. International advocacy campaigns, including those waged by the Committee to Protect Journalists, helped win the early release of a number of imprisoned journalists, notably six independent writers and reporters in Cuba.

Guide for reporting in hazardous situations.