Media watchdog: Threats against independent journalists 'at epidemic levels'
Source: The Hill
BY JULIA MANCHESTER - 12/31/17 10:32 AM EST
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) issued a dire report on the threats faced by journalists around the world, amid violence faced by the press in 2017.
The group's finding, which was obtained by The Associated Press, found that “unprecedented numbers of journalists were jailed, forced to flee, that self-censorship was widespread and that impunity for the killings, harassment, attacks, and threats against independent journalism was running at epidemic levels.”
The report also found that a minimum of 81 journalists were killed while working, and over 250 journalists were jailed over the year. Eight women journalists lost their lives doing their jobs, including Kim Wall in Denmark and Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta.
The majority of press killings took place in Mexico, Afganistan, Iraq, and Syria, according to the report.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/media/366917-media-watchdog-threats-against-independent-journalists-at-epidemic-levels
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