Paris - A total of 53 journalists and other media workers were killed around the world in 2000, many of them in their homes and workplaces, the Paris-based World Association of Newspapers (WAN) said yesterday.
Colombia and Russia were the two most dangerous places for reporters to work, with 10 and six journalists respectively killed in the two countries last year, WAN said. The 53 killed worldwide compared with 71 in 1999, 28 in 1998 and 26 in 1997, the group said.