“Each murdered journalist is the loss of a man who tells the truth,” they warned from the journalist protection committee, who made this report since 1992.
For 2024 124 journalists were killedaccording to a report of the Protection Committee for journalists (CPJ) based in New York, United States. The war in the Gaza Strip was charged with the greatest number of victims, 82, while Mexico was with five deaths, the most dangerous Latin American country during the past year.
“Each murdered journalist is the loss of a man who tells the truth. Those who register our reality and demand accounts to power deserve justice, “they said from the CPJ by disseminating the report. According to this committee, it was the most” deadly “year since they began in 1992 to register these crimes.
For him CPJwhat drives these murders are “The increase in international conflict levels, political instability and criminality worldwide.” The clearest example was the war in Gaza, where, according to the report numbers, the Israeli army was responsible for the death of 82 journalists of Palestinian origin.
In addition to the murders, The CPJ recorded the number of journalists imprisoned for fulfilling their work. The continent with greater numbers is Asia, with 111 of the 361 after bars.
Journalists killed in Latin America
Mexico was for the fourth consecutive year the Latin American country with more dangerous for journalists. In total, there were five murders, two more than in 2023. Haiti (2), Colombia (1) and Honduras (1) followed.
As explained to the EFE agency Cristina Zahar Eggers, coordinator of the Latin American program of the CPJ, LThe factors that explain the number of deaths in Mexico for drug trafficking and the fight between criminal groups. “When journalists tell him, they are usually killed,” he explained.
Another important factor is impunity. Violence and impunity “are interconnected”, affirmed Eggers. It begins “to a danger cycle for journalists,” he warned.
Source: Ambito
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