director of swedish radio cilla benkö followed with similar remarks saying, "it is shameful that so little is done to safeguard the working conditions of journalists. unesco’s report indicates that, especially in the arab world and many countries in africa, deaths are frighteningly common with a very low rate of solving cases of killed journalists. the figure is between 1% and 3%. that compares to approximately 40% in europe, but even there a majority of the cases remain unsolved. there ought to be more than enough reasons for politicians to challenge these truly lamentable percentages and work towards finding ways of improving them. journalists who do not have to fear, and who can work without risking being silenced, are fundamental for functioning democracies."