Journalists at the frontlines of crises and emergencies<\/a>“).<\/p>\n\n\n\n85% of journalist murders recorded by UNESCO since 2006 are considered unsolved, the text explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the face of this alarmingly high “level of impunity”, the organization urges states to “increase their efforts”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2022, the country that recorded the heaviest toll of crimes of this nature was Mexico, with 19 cases. Ukraine followed, where 11 journalists were killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2023, “it was the State of Palestine that recorded the highest number of murders: 24 journalists were killed,” the report continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Palestine became a full member state of UNESCO in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And women in the spotlight<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe report points out that there is generally an “increase in the number of murders” of journalists “in countries at war”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Local journalists become victims of “86% of murders related to the coverage of armed conflicts”, the text emphasizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Besides, the organization points out that “journalists continue to be murdered in their homes or near their homes”, which “exposes their families to enormous danger”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In other geographic areas, most of the journalists killed were covering “organized crime,” “corruption” cases, or died “while reporting on protests,” UNESCO points out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Much more than in previous years, in 2022 women were targeted by murderous journalists. The report mentions ten such cases this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The victims included Maria Guadalupe Lourdes Maldonado Lopez, who was killed by a gunman on the Mexico-US border, and Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed during an Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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