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attacks on the press in 2009The force of the explosion blew outpress club windows, damaged a guardhut, and tore apart nearby vehicles.The club had recently upgraded securitybecause members had receivedincreasing threats from militantgroups.“We were saved because this braveofficer sacrificed his own life to saveus,” Iqbal Khattak, Peshawar bureauchief of the Daily Times, told CPJ inan e-mail message a day after the attack.Press clubs, a tradition in majorPakistani cities, are used by the mediaas meeting halls and venues for pressconferences. More than 30 journalistswere inside the club awaiting the startof a press conference when the bombexploded, news reports said.PHILIPPINES: 2Benjie Adolfo, Gold Star DailyDaniel Tiamson, UNTVNovember 23, 2009, AmpatuanIn the deadliest event for the press everrecorded by CPJ, 29 journalists and driversAdolfo and Tiamson were ambushedand brutally slain as they traveled inMaguindanao province with a convoy ofpeople who intended to file gubernatorialcandidacy papers for a local politician.In all, 57 people were killed in theattack, which was apparently motivatedby political clan rivalries.A full account of the case and a list of thevictims appear on pages 246-250.journalists in prisonSection break (opposite): Reuters/Buddhika Weerasinghe—Sri Lankan columnistJ.S. Tissainayagam, serving a 20-year prison term, is among 136 journalists jailedworldwide.284
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