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It’s World Press Freedom Day, but for many journalists, there isn’t much freedom to celebrate.
Attacks on the press are becoming more and more common, as witnessed recently in Kabul, when 10 journalists were targeted and killed by a suicide bomber.
Between 1992 and 2018, 1408 journalists and media workers have been killed around the world, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
As well, another 262 journalists were imprisoned in 2017, reports the CPJ.
“Attacks on journalists are deplorable and State authorities must do more to prevent them,” said David Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression. “These attacks stem in part from increasingly irresponsible framing of journalists as ‘enemies’ by political and business leaders, but are also aimed at deterring investigative reporting in the public interest. All those committed to independent and diverse media must join together now to stop such attacks,” Mr. Kaye added.
Reporters Without Borders recently released its annual world press freedom index. It lists Norway at the top of the list and North Korea at the bottom. Canada placed 18th.
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