Safety of Journalist

The reporters without Borders press Freedom Barometer proved that countries involved in violent conflict were dangerous places for media professionals- with 37 journalist killed in Iraq since the beginning of 2006, 3 in Sri lanka and Columbia, 2 in Afghanistan. But also the figure from countries like Mexico 7 deaths, Russia 3 the Philippines 2 showed that the lives of journalist were threatened even is state that did not have discernible war zones.

The Committee to protect Journalists (CPJ) published details about 580 journalist that were killed in the line of duty worldwide between January 1992 and August 2006.According to these data, 71,4% were murdered, 18,4% died in crossfire or in combat-related circumstances and 10% during other dangerous assignments. Print reports faced the greatest risk of death, except in few parts of the world like the Philippines and India where radio journalist and TV reporters have a higher risk of being killed.

Of all journalist working in dangerous situations .local reporters run the greatest risk of becoming victims of violence.
According to the CPJ analysis, 85% of correspondents working in war zones, but local journalist doing their work.

They were typically murder “not on assignment, but in their offices, on their commutes, or in their homes. Nine out of 10 murders, CPJ found, had the hallmarks of premeditation such as careful planning, groups of assailants, and gangland style executions.” In conflict zones and countries where press freedom is not sufficiently valued, journalist become targets or rebel groups, militias, drug traffickers, extremists or corruption politicians. While international journalist are often heavily equipped and protected, local journalists usually do not have the means to protect themselves sufficiently.

One of the objectives every safety strategies should be the provision of safety training for local journalists and development of international norms for safety training and equipment.

In times of violent conflict, the dangers journalists are exposed to are more imminent than in ordinary times.
Independent, precise and professional information is particularly vital under these circumstances. 137 journalist and media staff have been since the beginning of the Iraq war, which is the deadliest conflict for media professional since the second World war. Recent conflict in Lebanon or in

Somalia have shown that, once more, journalist working in conflict zones are particularly vulnerable, despite the fact that attacks against journalist and media equipment are illegal under international humanitarian law, which protests civilian person and objects, as long as they are not making an effective contribution to military action.

Even though media professional working in conflict zones have the status of civilians, this status and thus international humanitarian law is less and less respected be some belligerents. According to the analysis carried out by CPJ, journalist working in war zones especially reports are usually not killed by an errant bullet. In fact, they are usually murder. Crossfire in combat in just the second-leading cause of deaths, although it is the major cause of international journalists’ deaths.

Since journalists and war correspondents covering conflict do not receive a full safety guarantee by the belligerents, is the responsibility of the media institution that sends them into conflict zones to limit the risk and to provide protection, basic guarantee by the media institution that sends them into conflict zones to limit the risk and provide protection, basic guaranties and, if necessary, compensation no matter If they are salaries of freelancers, local or international journalist.

In Tanzania have safety to jourmalist but is not at all of the journalist, the arrasment are done by the journalist who are critizing the government, are being arrased, the example of the Journalist is Said Kubenea and Ndimara Ntegambwage of the local newspaper Mwanahalisi.