Across the world, journalism is a profession under assault - and nowhere is this more true than in the Middle East.
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.
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.
The period between 1992 and 2012 saw the killings of 438 journalists in the Middle East and North Africa.
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.
"Killing journalists is a war crime and a crime against humanity," says Bouttaher Boujalal, from the Arab Centre for International Humanitarian Law.
"The aim is to hide the truth by eliminating the witness. It’s worse than a war crime."
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