UNESCO expresses its concern about the murders of journalists in its report ahead of the international day to end impunity for crimes of this nature. As he typically emphasizes, the vast majority of these murders on an international scale go completely unpunished. “In 2022 and 2023, a journalist was murdered every four days, simply for doing his necessary work in search of the truth. In the majority of cases, no one will ever be held to account for these killings,” reports the director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Training Organization, Audrey Azoulet, in the report. 85% of the killings of journalists recorded by UNESCO since 2006 are considered unsolved, the text explains. Faced with this alarmingly high “level of impunity”, the organization urges states to “step up their efforts”. During the two years covered by the UNESCO report (2022-2023), 162 journalists were killed, almost half in countries where armed conflicts are taking place. In 2022, the country […]
Source: News Beast
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