A news crew crossing into Syria walks for three nights, legs aching and lungs burning, edging past army checkpoints to cover a war the government wants to obscure. A Liberian reporter dares to expose a dangerous ritual even as menacing strangers deliver death threats to her office. In central Mexico, a drug cartel’s vicious takeover of police and government agencies is so complete that it threatens to silence the press. And in China, authorities jail a filmmaker who poses a simple question to ethnic Tibetans: Does the state really represent you? Through data and analysis, CPJ experts detail press conditions and document new dangers in every corner of the world.
Slideshow: The Year in Photos
Images from a dangerous year for the press, from war in Syria to imprisonments in Turkey, violence in Pakistan to censorship in Mexico.
Deaths in 2012 by Type
| 46% | Murder |
| 36% | Crossfire/Combat |
| 17% | Dangerous Assignment |
Imprisoned Year by Year
Slideshow: Year in Photos
