More journalists have been k*lled in the last two years than during any other time since media monitoring organisations first began gathering data.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) reported that, on average, one journalist was killed every four days in the line of duty between 2022-23. The latest escalation of Israel’s 76-year occupation of Palestine has k*lled 137 media workers in Palestine, Israel and Lebanon.
UNESCO reports 85 per cent of cases globally remain unsolved, with no perpetrators held to account.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said it is investigating cases in which Israeli forces’ specifically targeted’ at least five journalists and ‘deliberately targeted’ at least 10 others.
Apart from physical elimination, governments have muzzled many journalists through censorship and Internet bans. Tech giants shutting African Stream’s accounts following US Secretary of State Antony Blinken claiming on false grounds that we are ‘secretly run’ by Russian-state TV network RT and that we showcase ‘Kremlin propagandists’ stands as an example.
Despite the challenges, African Stream and all truth-seekers across the globe continue to speak out. No one will silence us.
https://cpj.org/2024/10/one-year-and-climbing-israel-responsible-for-record-journalist-death-toll/
https://ifex.org/statement-on-the-targeting-and-killing-of-journalists-in-palestine-and-lebanon/
https://rsf.org/en/2024-world-press-freedom-index-journalism-under-political-pressure