Germany conference: Qualms over press freedom in South Asia

Source: ET

Journalists express concern over difficulty of working in South Asia.

BERLIN: At a time when freedom of expression appears to be in jeopardy in South Asia, a gathering of German media men was shocked to learn that atleast six of the 33 journalists killed worldwide this year lost their lives in Pakistan. 

Quite unsurprisingly, Pakistan ranks 151 from amongst 179 countries in the World Press Freedom Index’s sample – formulated by Reporters Without Borders (RWB), an organisation operating in around 200 countries.

Seven journaists were killed in Somalia, which stood at 164th in the rankings, while Syria (176th) and Mexico (149th) reported five journalists dead.

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