In many parts of the world, journalism is a profession under murderous assault. Nowhere has this been more true than in the Middle East in recent years.<br /><br />Figures compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists show an increase in the deaths of reporters covering the region, with 30 journalists killed in 2012 in Syria alone.<br /><br />The period between 1992 and 2012 saw the killings of 438 journalists in the Middle East and North Africa.<br /><br />Iraq was the deadliest assignment. Many journalists were kidnapped, and have never been heard from again. Others were lucky to have escaped with their lives.<br /><br />Targeting Journalism shows the challenges faced by Arab journalists today and highlights cases of reporters who have disappeared or been killed in Egypt, Iraq, Yemen and the occupied Palestinian territories.
