JOURNALISTS ARE OPPRESSED
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[07:04 pm] 05 February, 2007
The number cases of assassination or imprisonment of journalists
while carrying out their professional duty has grown in 2006.
According to the annual report "Attacks on Press" of the Journalist
Protection Committee which operates in New York, 55 journalists have
been killed in 2006 while carrying out their professional duties. 27
of the 55 cases are still being investigated. 134 more journalists
have been imprisoned.
In Iraq 32 journalists have been killed in the previous year. 30 of
them were locals.
In 2005 only 17 journalists had been killed, whereas 125 had been
imprisoned, radio station "Azatutyun reports".