CHARTER'97 BELARUS NEWS UPDATE
January, 06, 2003
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2003 ROUND-UP REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS
15:51 06/01/2004

Every gauge of press freedom violations in 2003 stood at red alert. Although
the number of physical attacks and threats has remained almost stable since last
year, other press freedom violations have increased dramatically compared to
2002 and overall since 2001. The number of journalists killed (42) is the highest
since 1995 (49 journalists killed, 22 of them in Algeria). The massive military
deployment and the unprecedented scale of media coverage of the war in Iraq have
a lot to do with it. But a more global and particularly worrying fact emerges:
covering a war is becoming more and more dangerous for journalists. Added to
the traditional dangers of war, are the unpredictable hazards of bomb attacks,
the use of more sophisticated weapons - against which even the training and protection
of journalists is ineffective - and belligerents who care more about winning
the war of images than respecting the safety of media staff. So many factors
increase the risks of war reporting. As a result of the violence of conflicts,
but not only because of that, the number of journalists physically attacked and
threatened has stabilised at a very high level and slightly up on 2002.
http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/01/06/borders

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INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - BELARUS UPDATE
13:28 06/01/2004

Edited by Victor Cole
Vol. 6, No. 11
December 2003
http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/01/06/update

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CHARTER'97 BELARUS NEWS UPDATE
December, 06, 2003
www.charter97.org