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Tuesday, January 03, 2012
Media rights body urges UN action after ‘bloody year’BRUSSELS: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) called on the United Nations Saturday to take “drastic action” against governments of the most dangerous countries for media after 106 journalists and media personnel were killed in 2011.
The rights group said 2011 was “another bloody year” for the media. It blamed “governments’ failure to uphold their international obligations for the ongoing violence targeting media”.
In a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon the IFJ called for effective implementation of international legal instruments to combat the prevailing culture of impunity for crimes against journalists. afp
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk