The list and definitions of classifications
in “So This Is democracy?” - which makes
up the bulk of the content of this book are assigned to specific categories. Actual
alerts issued by MISA are indicated by the
ALERT in the top right hand corner of the
entry. In all, there are eleven categories:

Beaten
Bombed
Censored
Legislated

As indicated above, the categories are
arranged in alphabetical order. Below
is a description of each category. Each
category captures a fairly broad range of
incidents, and more than just the single
word it is represented by. Nevertheless,
each category is an accurate summation
of incidents that are not too dissimilar
with respect to their nature and the
manner in which they affect the
individual media workers and/or the
media in general. Except for victory, the
categories make up a list of the various
types of violations media workers can
experience during the course of or as a
result of their work:

.LOOHG - This tops the list in terms of

Detained

severity, and there is no need to explain
why. Included under this category,
however, are incidents where journalists
have been kidnapped or gone missing,
and have disappeared. For the purpose
of this publication, that means that
any incidents involving the latter will
add to the statistics of this category.
The statistic given is for the number of
media workers involved, as opposed to
the number of incidents reported.

Expelled
Killed
Sentenced
Threatened
Victory

%HDWHQ - This includes incidents where
journalists are assaulted, attacked
physically, tortured, or wounded during
the course of their work. The statistic

Others




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