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Mexico was the deadliest country for journalists this year, reports the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) organization in an annual report. As of 1 December, 11 journalists have been killed there, almost 20 percent of the number of journalists killed in the world. Mexico has been at the top of the list for years.
A total of 57 journalists and media workers have been killed worldwide, RSF recorded. This is an increase from last year. According to RSF, this increase is due to the war in Ukraine, where 8 journalists were killed.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) also ended last weekend. its annual review that Mexico is the most dangerous country for journalists outside the war zones and that the increase in the number of dead journalists is due to the war in Ukraine.
As in previous years, the countries of South America are the most dangerous for journalists. Half of all homicides took place there. Countries like Haiti, Brazil and Nicaragua are most at risk for journalists investigating organized crime, gangs and corruption.
Famous reporters
In Brazil, three reporters were killed while exposing illegal logging and deforestation in the Amazon. British journalist Dom Philips was killed while working for the Guardian newspaper. According to the natives, a criminal organization was behind all this.
Another well-known journalist killed this year is Palestinian Shireen Abu Akleh, a veteran reporter for Al Jazeera. She came in May For the life by a bullet fired by an Israeli soldier while working in the occupied West Bank.
“Insufficient protection”
In addition, 49 journalists worldwide have disappeared and 65 journalists have been kidnapped. There are currently 533 journalists imprisoned for their work. Most of the journalists are being held in China, with 110 behind bars.
The pressure from international organizations and the protection of the authorities was therefore “insufficient”, concludes RSF in the report.
