Eighty-one journalists and media staffers were killed worldwide in 2006, making it the deadliest year for reporters in more than a decade, Reporters Without Borders said Thursday.
Iraq was the most dangerous country for journalists last year, with 39 reporters and 26 other media workers killed, the media advocacy group said.
It was the most dangerous year for journalists since 1994, which was marked by the Rwandan genocide, civil war in Algeria and conflict in the former Yugoslavia.
Worldwide, 871 journalists spent time in jail in 2006. Thirty-two journalists were jailed in China last year. Cuba jailed 24 and Ethiopia 21.
