Take a look at where journalists are killed and imprisoned. You would think that Iraq (22 killed so far in 2006, <http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=113>; 24 killed in 2005, <http://www.rsf.org/killed_2005.php3>; 19 killed in 2004, <http://www.rsf.org/killed_2004.php3>; 12 killed in 2003, <http://www.rsf.org/killed_2003.php3>) has to rank at or near the bottom on the scale of press freedom, and yet . . . .
The ranking N° Country Score . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 United States of America (in Iraq) 48,50 138 Russia 48,67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Iran 89,17 [The 164th is supposed to be the fourth worst in the world -- only Turkmenistan, Eritrea, and North Korea rank below Iran.] How can the USA _in Iraq_ get to rank above Russia, Iran, or any other country (except those that categorically do not allow the opposition press) for that matter? <http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=113> 53 Journalists Killed in 2006 Angola (2) 16 July 2006 - Benicio Wedeinge , Televisao Publica de Angola 8 July 2006 - Augusto Pedro, Jornal de Angola Brazil (1) 24 July 2006 - Ajuricaba Monassa, freelance China (2) 18 July 2006 - Xiao Guopeng, Anshun daily 2 February 2006 - Wu Xianghu, Taizhou Wanbao Colombia (3) 22 August 2006 - Atilano Segundo Pérez, Radio Todelar 9 August 2006 - Mílton Fábian Sánchez, Yumbo Estéreo 20 March 2006 - Gustavo Rojas Gabalo, Radio Panzemu D.R. Congo (1) 8 July 2006 - Bapuwa Mwamba, Le Phare Ecuador (1) 14 February 2006 - José Luis León Desiderio, Radio Minutera Guatemala (1) 9 September 2006 - Eduardo Maas Bol, Radio Punto India (2) 8 June 2006 - Arun Narayan Dekate, Tarun Bharat 6 January 2006 - Prahlad Goala, Asomiya Khaba Iraq (22) 18 September 2006 - Ahmed Riyad Al-Karbouli, Baghdad TV 13 September 2006 - Safaa Ismail Inad, Al-Watan 12 September 2006 - Hadi Anawi Al-Joubouri , free-lance 9 September 2006 - Abdel Karim Al-Roubaï, Al-Sabah 7 August 2006 - Mohammed Abbas Hamed, Al-Bayinnah Al-Jadida 7 August 2006 - Ismail Amine Ali, Freelance journalist 1 August 2006 - Adel Naji Al Mansouri, Al Alam TV 1 August 2006 - Riyad Atto, Talafar al Youm 29 June 2006 - Ossama Qadeer, Cameraman, Fox News 13 June 2006 - Ibrahim Seneid, al-Bashara 31 May 2006 - Ali Jaafar, Al-Iraqiya TV 29 May 2006 - Paul Douglas, CBS 7 May 2006 - Mouazaz Baroud, Al-Nahrain 5 May 2006 - Saoud Mazahem Al-Hadithi, Al-Baghdadia 5 May 2006 - Abdel Magid Al Mohammadaoui, free-lance 22 April 2006 - Qussay Kahdban, radio Al-Bilad 26 March 2006 - Kamal Manahi Anbar, Institute for War and Peace Reporting 13 March 2006 - Muhsin Khudhair, Alef Ba 11 March 2006 - Amjad Hameed, Al-Iraqiya 7 March 2006 - Monsef Al-Khalidi, Baghdad TV Sat Channel 23 February 2006 - Atwar Bahjat, al-Arabiya TV 23 January 2006 - Hamza Hussein, sport journalist at private TV station Al-Diyar Kazakhstan (1) 2 August 2006 - Grégoire de Bourgues, Editorial adviser for an Athens-based firm called SML Strategic Media Lebanon (1) 23 July 2006 - Layal Nagib, Al Jarass Mexico (3) 9 August 2006 - Enrique Perea Quintanilla, Dos caras, una verdad 10 March 2006 - Ramiro Téllez Contreras, Radio Exa 95.7 FM 9 March 2006 - Jaime Arturo Olvera Bravo, La Voz de Michoacán Pakistan (2) 16 June 2006 - Hayatullah Khan, Reporter on the Urdu-language daily Ausaf and photographer for the European Press Photo Agency (EPA) 29 May 2006 - Munir Sangi, Cameraman of Kawish Television Network (KTN) Philippines (2) 18 July 2006 - Armando Pace, DXDS radio 20 January 2006 - Rolly Canete, radio DXPA, DXBZ, DXPR Russia (2) 26 July 2006 - Yevgeny Gerasimenko, , Saratovski Rasklad weekly 26 February 2006 - Ilia Zimine, Correspondent of the chain of television NTV Somalia (1) 23 June 2006 - Martin Adler, photographer free-lance Sri Lanka (3) 20 August 2006 - Sinnathamby Sivamaharajah, Namathu Eelanadu 1 July 2006 - Lakmal Silva, free-lance 24 January 2006 - Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan, Sudar Oli Sudan (1) 6 September 2006 - Mohamed Taha, Chief editor, Al-Wifaq Turkmenistan (1) 14 September 2006 - Ogulsapar Muradova, Correspondent in Turkmenistan for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Venezuela (1) 5 April 2006 - Jorge Aguirre, Photographer El Mundo <http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=116> 131 Journalists Imprisoned Afghanistan (1) 10 January 2006 - Abdul Qudoos, Sada-e-Sulh Burma (7) 24 March 2006 - U Thaung Sein, photoreporter free lance 24 March 2006 - Ko Moe Htun, Dhamah-Yate January 2004 - Ne Min, freelance 1 September 2000 - Monywa Aung-Shin, Sar-maw-khung May 2000 - Than Win Lhaing, freelance 4 October 1999 - Thaung Tun, Padaut Pwint Thit 4 July 1989 - Win Tin , Hanthawathi Burundi (1) 31 May 2006 - Aloys Kabura, Agence Burundaise de Presse China (32) 22 January 2006 - Yang Xiaoqing, Zhongguo Chanjing Xinwenbao (Les Nouvelles économiques et industrielles de Chine) 20 August 2005 - Wu Zhengyou, Zhonghua Xin Qingnian (Nouvelle jeunesse chinoise) 20 August 2005 - Zhu Wanxiang, Zhonghua Xin Qingnian (Nouvelle jeunesse chinoise) 22 April 2005 - Ching Cheong, Straits Times 14 January 2005 - Tashi Gyaltsen, nyi da'i gzi byin 14 January 2005 - Lobsang Dhargay, nyi da'i gzi byin 14 January 2005 - Thoe Samden, nyi da'i gzi byin 14 January 2005 - Tsultrim Phelgay, nyi da'i gzi byin 14 January 2005 - Jampel Gyatso, nyi da'i gzi byin November 2005 - Korash Huseyin, Kashgar 24 November 2004 - Shi Tao, Dangdai Shang Bao 17 September 2004 - Zhao Yan, New York Times 15 January 2004 - Li Minying, Nanfang Dushi Bao 14 January 2004 - Yu Huafeng, Nanfang Dushy Bao 25 December 2002 - Zhang Wei, Redian Jiyao & Shishi Zixun 25 December 2002 - Zuo Shangwen, Redian Jiyao & Shishi Zixun 25 December 2002 - Ou Yan, Redian Jiyao & Shishi Zixun 24 January 2002 - Wang Daqi , Ecological research 22 December 2001 - Lu Wanbin, Textile industry daily 24 November 2001 - Ma Linhai, Zhengquan Shichang Zhoukan May 2001 - Feng Daxun, freelance & member of the CDP 24 June 2000 - Xu Zerong , Yazhou Zhoukan October 1999 - Li Jian, Commerce in Xinjiang Newspaper 29 June 1999 - Zha Jianguo, China Human Rights Watch Newsletter 29 June 1999 - Gao Hongming, China Human Rights Watch Newsletter December 1999 - Yu Tianxiang, Zhongguo Gongren Guancha 4 December 1998 - Gao Qinrong, Xinhua 30 November 1998 - Qin Yongmin, China Human Rights Watch Newsletter 7 February 1996 - Fan Yingshang, Remen Huati 7 April 1990 - Hu Liping, Quotidien de Pékin June 1983 - Chen Renjie, Ziyou Bao June 1983 - Lin Youping, Ziyou Bao Cuba (24) 23 May 2006 - Armando Betancourt, freelance 9 November 2005 - Alberto Gil Triay Casales, Cubanet correspondent 22 July 2005 - Oscar Mario González Pérez, Grupo de Trabajo Decoro Agency 13 July 2005 - Roberto de Jesús Guerra Pérez, Payolibre, Nueva Prensa Cubana, Radio Martí 24 March 2003 - Normando Hernández González, CPTC Agency 20 March 2003 - Omar Moisés Ruiz Hernández, Grupo de Trabajo Decoro Agency 20 March 2003 - Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta, APLO Agency 20 March 2003 - Alejandro González Raga, freelance 19 March 2003 - Alfredo Felipe Fuentes, freelance 19 March 2003 - Mijail Barzaga Lugo, ANC Agency 19 March 2003 - Pablo Pacheco Ávila, CAPI Agency 19 March 2003 - Julio César Gálvez Rodríguez, freelance 19 March 2003 - Fabio Prieto Llorente, freelance 19 March 2003 - Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez, Grupo de Trabajo Decoro Agency 19 March 2003 - Adolfo Fernández Sainz, Pátria Agency 18 March 2003 - Alfredo Manuel Pulido López, El Mayor Agency 18 March 2003 - José Ubaldo Izquierdo Hernández, Grupo de Trabajo Decoro Agency 18 March 2003 - Ivan Hernández Carrillo, Pátria Agency 18 March 2003 - Víctor Rolando Arroyo Carmona, UPECI Agency 18 March 2003 - Miguel Galván Gutiérrez, Havana Press Agency 18 March 2003 - Pedro Arguëlles Morán, CAPI Agency 18 March 2003 - Omar Rodríguez Saludes, Nueva Prensa Agency 18 March 2003 - José Luis García Paneque, Libertad Agency 18 March 2003 - Ricardo González Alfonso, De Cuba Agency, RSF correspondent Egypt (1) 21 February 1993 - Abd al-Manim Gamal al Din Abd al-Munim, Al-Sha'ab Eritrea (13) January 2002 - Saidia Ahmed, Eri-TV January 2002 - Saleh Al Jezaeeri, Voice of the Broad Masses January 2002 - Hamid Mohamed Said, Eri-TV 21 September 2001 - Seyoum Tsehaye, freelance 20 September 2001 - Temesgen Gebreyesus, Keste Debena 20 September 2001 - Said Abdulkader, Admas 19 September 2001 - Mattewos Habteab, Meqaleh 19 September 2001 - Yusuf Mohamed Ali, Tsigenay 18 September 2001 - Medhanie Haile, Keste Debena 18 September 2001 - Emanuel Asrat, Zemen August 2001 - Dawit Isaac, Setit August 2001 - Fessehaye Yohannes , Setit August 2001 - Dawit Habtemichael, Meqaleh Ethiopia (22) 5 May 2006 - Tesehalene Mengesha, Mebruk 24 April 2006 - Abraham Reta Alemu, Ruh 10 March 2006 - Abraham Gebrekidan, Politika 19 February 2006 - Goshu Moges, Lisane Hezeb 9 December 2005 - Leykun Engeda, Dagim Wonchif November 2005 - Solomon Aregawi, Hadar 29 November 2005 - Sisay Agena, Ethiop 27 November 2005 - Nardos Meaza, Satenaw 27 November 2005 - Andualem Ayale, Ethiop 27 November 2005 - Mesfin Tesfaye, Abay 27 November 2005 - Eskinder Nega, Serkalem Publishing Enterprise 27 November 2005 - Serkalem Fasil, Menelik 27 November 2005 - Wonakseged Zeleke, Asqual 27 November 2005 - Dawit Fassil, Satenaw 9 November 2005 - Fassil Yenealem, Addis Zena 9 November 2005 - Wosonseged Gebrekidan, Addis Zena 9 November 2005 - Zekarias Tesfaye, Netsanet 9 November 2005 - Dereje Abtewold, Netsanet 2 November 2005 - Dawit Kedebe, Hadar 2 November 2005 - Feleke Tibebu, Hadar 23 April 2004 - Shiferraw Insermu, Ethiopian Television (ETV) 22 April 2004 - Dhabassa Wakjira, Ethiopian Television (ETV) Gambia (1) 26 May 2006 - Malick Mboob, Daily Observer Georgia (2) 27 August 2005 - Chalva Ramichvili, Journalist and cofounder of the chain of independent television 202 27 August 2005 - David Kokhreidze , General director of independent television 202 India (1) 16 September 2004 - Muhammad Maqbool Khokar, Chattan Iran (2) 23 May 2006 - Mana Neyestani, Iran 23 May 2006 - Mehrdad Qassemfar, Iran Iraq (1) 12 April 2006 - Bilal Hussein, Associated Press (AP) Laos (1) 26 October 1999 - Thongpaseuth Keuakoun, dissident journalist Libya (1) November 1973 - Abdullah Ali Al-Sanussi Al-Darrat Maldives (2) 27 March 2006 - Abdullah Saeed, Minivan Daily 18 October 2005 - Jennifer Latheef, Minivan Daily Niger (3) 28 August 2006 - Saliss Dago, L'Enquêteur 4 August 2006 - Mamane Abou, Director, Le Républicain 4 August 2006 - Oumarou Keita, Editor in chief, Le Républicain North Korea (1) November 1996 - Song Keum Chul, North-Korean television Rwanda (2) 2 October 1996 - Tatiana Mukakibibi, Radio Rwanda 18 September 1994 - Dominique Makeli, Radio Rwanda Syria (2) 14 May 2006 - Michel Kilo, An-Nahar, Al-Safir et Al Quds Al Arabi 26 March 2006 - Ali Abdallah, An-Nahar Turkey (4) 14 June 2006 - Rüstu Demirkaya, Reporter with the Kurdish news agency Diha 15 February 2006 - Evrim Dengiz, Journalist of the pro-Kurdish news agency DIHA 15 February 2006 - Nesrin Yazar, Journalist of the pro-Kurdish news agency DIHA 18 June 2001 - Memik Horuz, Isçi Köylü Turkmenistan (2) 16 June 2006 - Annakurban Amanklychev, Contributor of the broadcast company Galaxie-Presse and French TV channel France 2 November 2005 - Khoudaïberdi Kourbandourdiev, Adalat Ukraine (1) 30 June 2005 - Vladimir Lutiev, editor of the weekly Evpatoriskaya Nedelia United States (2) 20 September 2006 - Josh Wolf, blogger and journalist 15 December 2001 - Sami Al-Haj, Al-Jazeera Uzbekistan (2) 18 August 1999 - Mohammed Bekjanov, Erk 18 August 1999 - Jusuf Ruzimuradov, Erk -- Yoshie <http://montages.blogspot.com/> <http://mrzine.org> <http://monthlyreview.org/>
