[eccr] Media casualties in other conflicts

Media casualties in other conflicts
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So far the war in Iraq has not caused the highest number of journalistic
casualties. Some 274 journalists have been killed in war zones around the
globe since 1990, according to the International Federation of Journalists.
It is less common for foreign journalists to be killed in war zones. Most of
the media casualties over the past 13 years were working in their country of
origin. For example, many of the 62 journalists killed during the Bosnian
conflict came from the former Yugoslav republic, and all of the 49
journalists killed in the war in Rwanda were Rwandan. Of 23 journalists
killed in the Kosovan conflict in 1999, 16 were Serbian, three Chinese, two
German and two others were of unidentified nationality. Four journalists
lost their lives in the first Gulf war in 1991, including three members of a
British agency team working for the BBC and one German photographer. Nine
media workers were killed during the Afghan war in 2001-02. Freelance
British cameraman Roddy Scott was killed last year covering the Chechen
conflict, which has claimed the lives of 27 journalists.

Source: http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,7493,932498,00.html -
MediaGuardian.co.uk

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