'We work under siege': the journalists who risk death for doing their jobs

[Judi Lynn]

In at least a dozen countries worldwide, the sword is proving mightier than the pen
David Agren in Mexico City, Jonathan Watts in São Paulo, Shaun Walker in Moscow, Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul and Michael Safi in Delhi
Friday 1 December 2017 01.00 EST

Fewer journalists have been killed this year than in the recent past. The global death toll in 2017 stands at 54, down on the 79 killed last year and on course to be the least bloody year for a decade.

Of those 54, at least 34 killings have been confirmed as having a “journalistic motivation”. But the numbers tell only half the story.

Intimidation, non-lethal violence, threats and prosecution are as rampant as ever, from Mexico and Brazil in the Americas to swaths of the former Soviet Union and supposedly freer jurisdictions such as India and Bangladesh.

Two killings in Europe this year underlined that violence towards journalists can happen even in relatively affluent societies. But according to data from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Syria, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan are the deadliest countries in which to be a journalist.

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https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/dec/01/we-work-under-siege-journalists-risk-death-jobs