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VIENNA — A total of 110 journalists lost their lives in 2009, making it the deadliest year in a decade for the profession, a media watchdog said Thursday.
Asia, where 55 journalists died, was the most lethal region of the world, followed by Latin America, where 28 were killed, the International Press Institute said.
Fourteen journalists perished in Africa last year.
The Middle East saw six deaths, four of them in Iraq. In 2008, 14 journalists were killed in Iraq.
Seven journalists were killed in Europe in 2008 — five in Russia, one in Turkey and one in Azerbaijan.
