The violence-torn country topped the organisation's annual survey of journalists' killings, which totalled 100 worldwide last year, making it the worst year since IPI started recording them in 1997, Vienna-based IPI said in a statement.
"Journalists and media workers have emerged as a clear target for insurgent attacks," IPI said in the survey.
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