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Over 1000 journalists murdered over a decade – UN

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November 2, 2018
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Over 1000 journalists murdered over a decade – UN

Over 1000 journalists murdered over a decade – UN

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres says over 1000 journalists have been killed in the line of duty over a decade.

Noting that at least 88 journalists have been killed so far in 2018, he described such killings as “outrageous.”

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In a video message to mark the ‘International Day to End  Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists’, observed every  Nov. 2, Guterres said: “The killing of journalists around the world for doing their job is ‘outrageous’ and should not become the ‘new normal.’

“In just over a decade, some 1,010 journalists have been killed for reporting the news, and in nine out of 10 cases, the perpetrators are never brought to justice.”

He noted also that many thousands more have been “attacked, harassed, detained or imprisoned on spurious charges, without due process.”

READ ALSO: Amnesty International condemns harassment of journalists by Sudanese Government

The Secretary-General paid tribute to the reporters in the field “who do their jobs every day despite intimidation and threats,” and called on the international community “to protect journalists and create the conditions they need to do their work.”

To mark the International Day, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is launching an initiative to fuel awareness on the issue of journalists killed on the job.

Called ‘Truth Never Dies’, it encourages people to share stories by and about fallen journalists to keep their legacies alive and to push for investigations into their deaths to be continued.

“The truth never dies. And neither must our commitment to the fundamental right to freedom of expression,” the UN Chief said, highlighting that when journalists are attacked “societies as a whole pay a price.”

A study on global trends in media published by UNESCO in 2017 highlighted that impunity for crimes against journalists remained the norm, and trends in kidnappings, disappearances and torture had shown substantial increases since 2012.

The UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution in September, calling on the international community to promote strategies that protect journalists and bring perpetrators of violence against the media to justice.

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