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UNESCO: 55 journalists killed in 2021, impunity 'alarmingly widespread'
Fifty-five journalists and media professionals were killed last year, latest UN data showed on Thursday, with nearly nine in 10 killings since 2006 still unresolved.
Impunity is “alarmingly widespread”, said the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
“Once again in 2021, far too many journalists paid the ultimate price to bring truth to light”, said UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay.
Although the number of reported victims stands at its lowest for a decade, UNESCO underlined the many dangers that reporters face in trying to cover stories and expose wrongdoing.
Mexico led the list, with 9 journalists killed in 2021; Afghanistan was second, with 7.
At: https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/01/1109232
Mexican photojournalists protest the murder of dozens of colleagues over the past decade.
The country led the world in the number of murdered journalists for the third year in a row in 2021.
