40 predators threaten journalists' lives by Zivka Deleva

Can you believe that even some state presidents and prime ministers have been placed on the list of the press biggest enemies, that the media watchdog group Reporters without Borders each year comes up with. Among them are the leaders of the biggest world forces Russia and China, North Korea, Sri Lanka, and the opposite poor Rwanda. Well, who would be surprised to see Vladimir Putin on the list, when almost every murder in the country that was convicted against a journalist or politician, comes under the suspicion that Mr. Putin didn’t like that man. He created an artificial national pride “that encourages the persecution of dissidents and freethinkers", the rep! ort informed. This Paris-based group names 40 “predators of the freedom” and the list came as a sign of marking the World Press Freedom Day. "They are powerful, dangerous, violent and above the law. These predators of press freedom have the power to censor, imprison, kidnap, torture and, in the worst cases, murder journalists" – say the Reporters without borders’ officials. According to journalist’s opinion one of the most dangerous countries which a professional journalist and reporter would like to avoid if one wants to keep his head on the neck, definitely is Mexico. In the last ten years, sixty two journalists have been murdered in this country. That is definitely a number worth to be paid attention and not to neglect it. Sometimes the fight for some bigger goal is simply not worth it, when you have to put your head in a bag. Over 30 Palestinian journalists have been molested and threatened by Israeli Defence Forces. And we come to the m! oment of the hypocrisy – the president of Sri Lanka as a! matter of a good will and congratulation on the Press Day, released one journalist that had been sentenced to 20 years. He has been imprisoned for writing an article in which he blamed the government that provokes racial hatred. I mean, this is good for the man that finally is on freedom, but what message does that country gives us?

by Zivka Deleva for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

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