Number of years the murder of Canadian journalist Tara Singh Hayer has remained unsolved: 9

Number of people arrested on suspicion of the murder of reporter Anna Politkovskaya on August 27, 2007: 10

Days that BBC Journalist Alan Johnston was held hostage in Gaza: 114

Number of years that Akbar Ganji, Iranian journalist and winner of the 2000 International Press Freedom Award, spent in prison: 6

Number of years the RCMP held personal materials seized from Ottawa Citizen reporter Juliet O'Neill before the police were ordered to return them: 2 ½

Number of women who now work as journalists in Afghanistan: 300

Number of days that American freelance journalist/videographer Joshua Wolf spent in a California jail - before his April 3, 2007, release - for refusing to turn over videotapes of a demonstration: 226

Number of journalists killed in Somalia, the second deadliest country worldwide for journalists in 2007, after Iraq: 8

Number of journalists kidnapped around the world in 2006: 56

Number next to Sahar Al-Haideri's name on a'hit list' of infidels by Islamic extremists: 4

Number of years after Elizabeth Bain's murder, that Derek Finkle was ordered to hand over his research about the case: 14

Canada's ranking in Reporters Without Borders 2007 Press Freedom Index:18th

Ranking of the United States in the 2006 Press Freedom Index: 48th

Number of police believed to have disguised themselves as protestors at the Montebello, Quebec demonstrations: 3