Besides Iraq and the Middle East, danger zones include Somalia, the Philippines, Mexico, Colombia, Russia and Haiti.
Apart from murder, journalists face abductions, beatings, threats and acts of intimidation in most of the countries mentioned in the INSI statistics.
Although the overall picture looks grim, Mr Pinder thinks there is some scope for optimism. “We have succeeded in persuading the UN Security Council to adopt in 2006 Resolution 1738, which condemns attacks against journalists in conflict situations,” he said. “We need to persuade governments to bring to justice all those who kill or assault journalists.”
He said the fact that so many people rallied to the campaign for Alan Johnston’s release shows that public pressure can work in protecting journalists and should be a warning for those who harm journalists that in the end this will not be to their advantage (from “The Mass Communications Industries and Professions”).
II. Give the Russian equivalents for the following words. Find in the text the sentences where they were used. Make up your own examples with the words: abduction, captivity, dangers, deadliest country, security, to fight the persecution of journalists, hotspots, murder, beatings, threats, acts of intimidation,
to assault journalists.
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