Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Top 10 danger zones for journalists

Global media freedom agency, Reporters Without Borders, have for the first time compiled a list of the world’s 10 most dangerous places for the media. Fienie Grobler reports.

The 10 most dangerous places for journalists last year, in alphabetical order, were: Manama (Bahrain), Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), Cairo’s Tahrir Square (Egypt), Misrata (Libya), Veracruz state (Mexico), Khuzdar (Pakistan), The Manila, Cebu and Cagayan de Oro metropolitan areas on the islands of Luzon and Mindanao (Philippines), Mogadishu (Somalia), Deraa, Homs and Damascus (Syria) and Sanaa’s Change Square (Yemen).

http://themediaonline.co.za/2012/01/top-10-danger-zones-for-journalists/

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