More than 100 correspondents lost their lives in one year, in carrying out duties
One hundred and eighteen correspondents lost their lives in the line of duty in 2014, this year Authorized the press is still exposed to danger, said the head of the international Federation of correspondents (International Federation of Journalists) Jim Boumelha at an international press conference.
"Today the story is not only About the future of journalism, but also About the physical survival of correspondents in the countries," he said.
Bumala emphasized the fact that the journalists are not only killed in the line of duty, but often become the goal of the attackers.
"Every year the International Federation of correspondents publishes details of killings of journalists. In the past year 118 correspondents lost his life. We write About the details, because this death is not just statistics, these are our friends and colleagues who have dedicated their lives to the performance of professional duty and paid the exorbitant price tag, " said Boumelha.
While covering the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine in 2014 cost the life of the photographer MIA "Russia Today" Andrei Stenin, the VGTRK journalists Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin, the operator First channel Anatoly Klyan, Italian photojournalist Andrea Rockelli.
The head of the international Federation of correspondents said that the trend is growing: during the first two months of the current year the number of deaths of commissioners press was more than a quarter of statistics in 2014.
One of the most high-profile cases was the attack on the editor of the French weekly Charlie Hebdo on 7 January. Two intruders broke into the office and opened fire on those standing there. Later there was another series of attacks, 3 days took the life of 17 people. Suspects in the attack on the magazine, were announced by Two men - brothers Sheriff and said Koichi. During special operations, they were killed.
in January this year, Japanese journalist Kenji goto was beheaded by militants of the "Islamic country" in the Syrian Arab Republic.
"The issue of safety of journalists is a fundamental Issue for development of freedom and democracy," he stressed.
International media conference-2015 (World Journalists Conference held in South Korea, April 13-17. Its themes this year were the issues of unification of the Korean Peninsula, as well as freedom of expression and safety of journalists.
International Federation of correspondents (IFJ) is the world's largest organization of professional employees of the press. The organization was founded in 1926, Its headquarter in Brussels. International Federation of correspondents protecting social and professional rights of journalists, working in print and electronic media.
June 16, under the Slavic unidentified, which included a photographer Last news Andrei Stenin, a freelance worker videoamanda Ruptly Russian RT Andrew Krasnoshchekov and journalists of the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda" Alexander Kots and Dmitry Steshin. As a result of bombardment nobody has suffered.
June 14, TV channel "Zvezda" said About the detention of their correspondents in Ukraine. Journalist Evgeny Davydov and sound engineer Nikita Konashenkov were caught in Dnepropetrovsk, they were held for Employees of the security service of Ukraine. June 16, reporters were released and arrived in the capital of Russia. About other cases of emergency with the Russian media in Ukraine read in
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