Chile - Aysén protests and student rallies have worrying impact on journalists' safety

Reporters without borders

Will 2012 be as bad as last year for Chileans working in the media, particularly news photographers and cameramen, as well as journalists and bloggers close to protest movements? The fear is well-founded and has been highlighted once again as support for the protest movement in the poor southern region of Aysén has spread, and students have once again gone on the march. The negative trend apparent in Chile, which has fallen from 33rd to 80th out of 179 countries in the latest world press (...)

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