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2010 Safety of Journalists ...

President Barack Obama said on the occassion of World Press Freedom Day, "Last year was a bad one for the freedom of the press worldwide. While people gained greater access than ever before to information through the Internet, cell phones and other forms of connective technologies, governments like China, Ethiopia, Iran, and Venezuela curtailed freedom of expression by limiting full access to and use of these technologies. Moreover, more media workers were killed for their work last year than any year in recent history."

Pakistan was at the top of the list of deadliest countries in the world, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Pakistan
According to the International News Safety Institute, six Pakistani journalists were killed in Balochistan

Balochistan

 * Hameed Marwa, February 17 in Quetta
 * Malik Arif, April 16 in Quetta
 * Faiz Mohammad Khan Sasoli, June 27 in Khuzdar
 * Mohammad Sarwar, September 3 in Quetta
 * Ejaz Ahmad Raisani, September 6 in Quetta
 * Abdul Hameed Hayatan, November 18 in Turbat

India
According to the Media Foundation (New Delhi), journalist Sushil Pathak, who worked for Dainik Bhaskar, was killed in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, in December 2010 in India.