According to a study by the international Institute for security correspondents (International News Safety Institute - INSI), Ukraine is recognized as the most dangerous country in the world For journalists. Republic for the first time in ten years, has entered into the five of the most dangerous For the media of the countries due to domestic conflict, ITAR-TASS reported. For example, in January-June 2014 in Ukraine were murdered 7 correspondents, five of them - only for the last 2 months, when on the South-East of the country began the most acute phase of the armed conflict. Then lost his life cameraman of the First channel Anatoly Clean, camera crew VGTRK Igor Korneluk and Anton Voloshin, as well as Italian journalist Andrea Rockelli and his translator Andrei Mironov. For reviews of INSI, murderers correspondents enjoy impunity - Only seven times the suspects in the death of the reporters were detained. For comparison, in Iraq over the same period lost their lives of six people. The Syrian Arab Republic and Pakistan took third and fourth place - five dead correspondents respectively. During the period from January this year, according to the information of the Institute, in the performance of their professional duties died 61 journalist, that in one and a half times more than last year.
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