2004 & press freedom.

international | rights, freedoms and repression | other press Friday September 03, 2004 17:39 by rsf

has so far been worse than 2003.

this year 36 journalists have been killed in the course of their work.
40 journalists have been killed in Iraq since the beginning of the war.
14 Media assistants have been killed
128 Journalists have been imprisoned.
4 Media assistants have been imprisoned
and 69 cyber activists have been sent to camps in China.

here are their names of the dead and the organisations they worked for and the countries in which they were killed:-

Bangladesh
15.01.2004 - Manik Saha, New Age, BBC World Service
22.08.2004 - Kamal Hossain, Ajker Kagoj
07.06.2004 - Humayun Kabir Balu, Dainik Janmabhumi

Brazil
20 April 2004 - Samuel Roman, Station Conquista
24.04.2004 - José Carlos Araújo, Radio Timbaúba FM


Colombia
04.02.2004 - Oscar Alberto Polanco Herrera, CNC Noticias


Haïti
7.03.2004 - Ricardo Ortega, Antena 3


Iraq
26.03.2004 - Bourhan Mohammad al-Louhaybi, ABC News
18.03.2004 - Ali Al-Khatib, Al-Arabiya
18.03.2004 - Ali Abdel Aziz, Al-Arabiya
18.03.2004 - Nadia Nasrat, Diyala Television
19.04.2004 - Assad Kadhim, Al-Iraqiya TV
07.05.2004 - Mounir Bouamrane, TVP
07.05.2004 - Waldemar Milewicz, TVP
27.05.2004 - Kotaro Ogawa, Nikkan Gendai
27.05.2004 - Shinsuke Hashida, Nikkan Gendai
03.06.2004 - Sahar Saad Eddine Nouami, Al-Mizan, Al-Khaima, Al-Hayat Al-Gadida
15.08.2004 - Mahmoud Hamid Abbas, ZDF
15.08.2004 - Hossam Ali, freelance
26.08.2004 - Enzo Baldoni, Diario della settimana

Mexico
22.06.2004 - Francisco Javier Ortíz Franco, Zeta

Nepal
11.08.2004 - Dekendra Raj Thapa, Radio Nepal
07.02.2004 - Padma Raj Devkota, Bhurichula


Pakistan
29.01.2004 - Sajid Tanoli, Shumaal (daily newspaper in urdu language)


Palestinian Authority
02.03.2004 - Khalil Al-Zebin, An-Nashar

Peru
14.02.2004 - Antonio de la Torre Echandía, Radio Orbita


Philippines
11.02.2004 - Rowell Endrinal, Radio DZRC
17.06.2004 - Eliseo "Ely" Binoya, Radyo Natin
31.07.2004 - Roger Mariano, Radio DZJC-Aksyon
05.08.2004 - Arnel Manalo, Radio DZRH


Russia

09.05.2004 - Adlan Khassanov, Reuters
09.07.2004 - Paul Khlebnikov, Forbes


Saudi Arabia
06.06.2004 - Simon Cumbers, BBC

Serbia-Montenegro
28.05.2004 - Dusko Jovanovic, Dan

Sri Lanka
31.05.2004 - Aiyathurai Nadesan, Virakesari, IBC
16.08.2004 - Kandasamy Iyer Balanadarajah, Thinamurasu