Committee to Protect Journalists: Turkish Authorities paraded journalists
A new report says Pakistan is the deadliest nation in the world for journalists.
The report by the Committee to Protect Journalists, titled "Attacks on the Press," says eight journalists were killed for their work in Pakistan in 2010 - more than anywhere else in the world.
It says suicide bombings have taken a devastating toll on the media, killing and injuring dozens. It says journalists face threats from both the Taliban and the ISI, Pakistan's Interservices Intelligence agency.
Authorities paraded journalists into court on anti-terror, criminal defamation, and state security charges as they tried to suppress critical news and commentary on issues involving national identity, the Kurdish minority, and an alleged anti-government conspiracy. The European Court of Human Rights found that Turkish authorities bore culpability in the 2007 slaying of editor Hrant Dink, even as the government struggled to bring anyone to justice in the murder.
In September, voters approved a package of constitutional changes the government said would strengthen democracy and bring Turkey in line with European norms, but the reforms failed to address severe limits on press freedom.