By KUNA,
Geneva : Acccording to the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), eight journalists were killed during the month of October while carrying their work as journalists.
This figure steps up the number of journalists killed since the beginning of the year to 79 in 31 countries.
The PEC said today in its monthly report that Croatia has been added to the map of dangerous media zones when two journalists were killed when their car was targeted and exploded in Zagreb. They are the first media victims in Croatia since the end of the war in 1995.
The PEC Media Ticking Clock ranks Iraq (15 killed) as the deadliest place for media work for the 5th consecutive year, followed this year by Mexico (8), Pakistan (6), Georgia (5), the Philippines (4), Russia (4), Thailand (4), India (3), Colombia (2), Venezuela (2), Afghanistan (2), Somalia (2), Croatia (2), Nigeria (2), Sri Lanka (2).