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Turkey led the way in journalist detentions in Europe (Photo: Reuters)

Journalists at risk despite fall in war fatalities

Fewer journalists were killed in the line of work in the past year, but targeted killings and state detentions grew, a leading NGO has noted.

The two deaths in Europe came in Northern Ireland and Ukraine, while Turkey continued to jail press in alarming numbers, the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders noted in a report out on Tuesday (17 December).

Northern Irish journalist Ly...

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