There have been 23 killings of journalists already this year and numerous acts of violence against media.
Many journalists are in jail.
Censorship and intimidation of media continue to create twilight conditions for press freedom in many regions. The catalogue of intimidation continues even while the media economy is expanding rapidly and new markets are being created. But freedom to exploit the commercial potential of new information technologies comes at a heavy price. Journalists and independent media are still in the firing line, even in countries where new deals are being brokered to assist the globalisation of the media economy. The world's media conglomerates have a special responsibility to isolate and condemn the modern censors and tyrants who abuse journalists' rights.