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Over 700 journalists killed in 10 years, only one convicted
Updated On: 04 November, 2015 07:00 PM IST | | IANS
<p>More than 700 journalists have been killed over the past decade for bringing news and information to the public but the sad part is that only one in just 10 cases of the 700 killings has led to any conviction of those responsible</p>
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London: More than 700 journalists have been killed over the past decade for bringing news and information to the public but the sad part is that only one in just 10 cases of the 700 killings has led to any conviction of those responsible, experts have said.
According to professor Jackie Harrison, joint head of the University of Sheffield's department of journalism studies, the deliberate targeting of reporters is relatively new and raises questions about press safety and the impunity of those who attack them.
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