Reports | Brazil, Egypt, India, Iraq, Mali, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Somalia, Syria
The conflict in Syria, a spike in Iraqi bloodshed, and political violence in Egypt accounted for the high number of journalists killed on the job in 2013. A CPJ special report by Elana Beiser
Blog | Afghanistan, Angola, Cambodia, France, India, Iraq, Mali, Myanmar, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Syria
By Frank Smyth/CPJ Senior Adviser for Journalist Security
Two murdered journalists for the Africa service of Radio France Internationale, Ghislaine Dupont, 51, and Claude Verlon, 58, might have had a chance. They were abducted on November 2 in Kidal in northern Mali, but the vehicle their captors were driving suddenly broke down, according to news reports.
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