Posted analysis international Reporters Without Borders, a non-profit organization, has revealed that nearly 1,700 journalists have been killed worldwide. over the past 20 years.
The two contracts were between 2003 and 2022″ in particular deadly contracts for these in the service of The Paris-based newspaper said organization.
Behind the characters there are faces, personalities, talent and commitment of these who have paid with their lives for they information collection, their search for the truth And their passion for Press, Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Christophe Deloire said.
Iraq and Syria were the most dangerous countries to me work as an accounting journalist for combined total of 578 journalists were killed in the past 20 years old or more of the third of Worldwide total, Reporters Without Borders said.
They are followed by Mexico (125 dead), the Philippines (107), Pakistan (93), Afghanistan (81) and Somalia (78).
the “darkest Years “2012 and 2013”, due in very much to war in Syria.” There were 144 dead in 2012, 142 year After that, the report said.
This peak was “followed by a gradual decline and then historically low numbers from 2019 onwards”.
Putin effect
But deaths increased again in 2022, in part because of the war in Ukraine. So far this year58 journalists were killed while doing their job. up from 51 in 2021.
Eight journalists were killed in Ukraine since the invasion of Russia in February. This compares to total of 12 media deaths there over the past 19 years.
Ukraine currently The most dangerous country in Europe for The media, after Russia itself, where 25 journalists were killed over the past 20 years.
Since (President) Vladimir Putin took overRussia experienced systematic attacks on Freedom of the press – including deadly Of them – as Reporters Without Borders has repeatedly reported.
Among them is the high-ranking Anna Politkovskaya murder on October 7, 2006,” Rights group He said.
The outcome of the Americas
Reporters run The greatest dangers around the world in Areas where armed conflict occurred.
But Reporters Without Borders confirmed, “countries Where the war is not formally taken place Not necessarily safe for Correspondents and some of They are near the top of the list of The one where the killings took place.
“in factf more Journalists killed in “Areas at Peace” from in “Areas at war” during past two decades in Most cases because they were systematically investigated crime and corruption.”
The Americas affected for barely half of Many journalists were killed in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Honduras.
It is clear that at present America is the world’s most dangerous continent for The media, she told Reporters Without Borders.
