For Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik Today's page is dedicated to the two journalists killed in Syria yesterday - Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik and all the others who have fallen in the line of duty while "trying to shine a light into the darkest corners of their societies." According to Reporters without Borders there have been five such deaths this year. A further 153 reporters have been imprisoned as have 120 internet activists. A report by the Brussels - based International News Safety Institute, quoted in Newswatch.in says that the situation has steadily worsened since 2000, with over 1000 journalists being killed in the last decade. While there is no consistent information gathering and recording, the hall of shame currently looks like this: "Iraq (138), Russia (88), Colombia (72), Philippines (55), Iran (54), India (45), Algeria (32), the former republic of Yugoslavia (32), Mexico (31), Pakistan (29), Bra...
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