The Committee to Protect Journalists says at least seventy-one members of the media were killed last year around the world. A single act of political violence in the Philippines raised the number sharply compared to the year before. In November, gunmen killed nearly sixty people, including more than thirty journalists and media support workers. Philippine officials recently charged about two hundred suspects.

Andal Ampatuan Jr. is the main suspect in the killing of 57 people including 30 journalists and their support workers
It was the single deadliest attack on journalists since the committee began keeping detailed records in nineteen ninety-two. The group, based in New York, released its latest report this week. The next deadliest countries in the top five were Somalia with nine killings, Iraq and Pakistan with four each and Russia with three.