International non-governmental Organization, the Committee for the protection of correspondents (CPJ) said about the Unusually high number of deaths and international journalists in conflict zones: in 2014, according to experts, in different parts of the world lost their lives 60 authorized press.

" An unusual number of authorized media killed because of their work in 2014, were journalists-international reporters crossed the border to illuminate the conflicts and dangerous situation in the middle East, Ukraine and Afghanistan, " reported in the annual report of the organization.

The most dangerous for journalists in 2014, the organization has realized Syria, Iraq, Ukraine, Somalia, Israel and the Palestinian territories, Afghanistan, Paraguay and Pakistan.

in Ukraine, as emphasized by the Organization in the past year marked the first deaths correspondents since 2001." The deaths of at least five correspondents and 2 media workers this year became the first associated with journalism killings, CPJ recorded in Ukraine since 2001. All but one were journalists in international relations. CPJ also clarified frequent Cases of violation of freedom of speech in the country in 2014, including attacks, detention and abduction of journalists and the blocking broadcasts ", - reported in the report of the organization.

Among the correspondents who died in Ukraine in the performance of professional duty, the report also States the name of the photographer MIA " Russia today ".


The organization emphasizes that the world remains " high level of risk to correspondents "." for the last 3 years, the Organization said the highest number of murders of this kind ", - stated in the message. In 2013, according to the organization, in the world lost their lives 70 correspondents, 29 of them were killed in the Syrian Arab Republic.

Founded in 1981, the Committee of protection of correspondents is an International non-governmental Organization dedicated to the protection of the rights authorized press, collecting information about the repression against them and the killings of journalists worldwide.

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