{"id":91524,"date":"2020-12-30T07:31:15","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T12:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/?p=91524"},"modified":"2020-12-30T07:32:09","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T12:32:09","slug":"auto-draft-401","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/2020\/12\/30\/auto-draft-401\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifty journalists killed worldwide in 2020, most of them ‘deliberately targeted’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"RFI \u2014 Fifty journalists were killed in connection with their work this year from January 1 to December 15, most of them deliberately targeted, according to a report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).\u00a0 <\/p>\n

The report stated that though the number is almost the same as last year (53), fewer journalists worked in the field this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.\u00a0The figure shows an increase in the targeting of reporters investigating organised crime, corruption or environmental issues, it added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Deliberately targeted’<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the annual report, eighty-four percent of those killed this year were \u201cdeliberately targeted\u201d for their work,\u00a0compared to 63 percent in 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It highlighted murders in Mexico, India and Pakistan.<\/p>\n

“For several years now, Reporters Without Borders<\/a> has noted that investigative journalists are really in the crosshairs of states, or cartels,” said Pauline Ades-Mevel, RSF editor-in-chief.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mexico was the deadliest country, with eight killed. \u201cLinks between drug traffickers and politicians remain, and journalists who dare to cover these or related issues continue to be the targets of barbaric murders,\u201d the report reads.\u00a0<\/p>\n

None of the Mexico killings had yet been punished, added RSF, which has compiled annual data on violence against journalists around the globe since 1995.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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