These Are All The Journalists Murdered In The Last 10 Years

These Are All The Journalists Murdered In The Last 10 Years
Russian human rights activists attend a rally in honour of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya in Moscow on October 7, 2010. The Russian investigative journalist, known for her critical coverage of the war in Chechnya, was found murdered on October 7, 2006 in the hallway of the building where she lived in Moscow. AFP PHOTO / NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA (Photo credit should read NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images)
Russian human rights activists attend a rally in honour of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya in Moscow on October 7, 2010. The Russian investigative journalist, known for her critical coverage of the war in Chechnya, was found murdered on October 7, 2006 in the hallway of the building where she lived in Moscow. AFP PHOTO / NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA (Photo credit should read NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images)

A grim toll of 370 journalists have been murdered over the past 10 years in direct retaliation for doing their job. An even more alarming statistic is that 90% of their killers have not been brought to justice, according to statistics from the Committee to Protect Journalists.

In its report, The road to justice: breaking the cycle of impunity in the killing of journalists, the CPJ argues that governments need to do much more to catch the killers.

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