Watchdog: Past 2 years ‘atrocious’ for journalists By NewsAmericas - February 12, 2014 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin ReddIt Email Print UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The past two years have been “absolutely atrocious” for the killing and imprisonment of journalists, with Syria the deadliest place to work and Turkey the number one jailer, a press freedom advocacy group said Wednesday.