Of the 86 journalists who went missing last year – compared to 55 in 2021 – 19 were in Mexico, 10 in Ukraine and 9 in Haiti
Murders of journalists are set to rise by 50% in 2022, with 86 killed worldwide last year, roughly “one every four days”, Unesco said today.
The Paris-based UN organization spoke of a “reversal of the positive trend” of recent years, when murders fell to an average of 58 between 2019 and 2021, compared to 99 in 2018.
“The significant increase in the number of journalists killed in 2022 is alarming,” said Unesco director-general Audrey Azoulet. “The authorities must redouble their efforts to put an end to these crimes and ensure that their perpetrators are brought to justice.”
Of the 86 journalists who died last year — compared to 55 in 2021 — 19 were in Mexico, 10 in Ukraine and 9 in Haiti, the three countries with the most deaths for this profession, according to Unesco.
About half of them “were not killed in the line of duty: they were traveling, at home, in parking lots or other public places when they were targeted,” according to the agency’s statement.
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