Barometer | 4 July 2013

A place of greater safety

CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden has claimed asylum in 21 countries. How do whistleblowers fare in some of them?

China: 5 journalists killed since 1992. One was beaten by traffic police whose corrupt practices he was investigating, another found with his throat cut after probing links between politicians and gangs

Venezuela: 9 journalists killed since 1992, including one murdered by a former police sergeant after investigating drugs gangs

Ecuador: 3 journalists killed since 1992, including one who was a witness in a police corruption case

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Nicaragua: 2 journalists killed since 1992, including one killed after investigating electoral malpractice

Russia: 79 journalists killed since 1992 — ten of them suspected to have been murdered by criminal gangs, ten by government officials, three by military officials and three by political groups.

Source: Committee to Protect Journalists

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