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Six in Seven Journalist Murders Go Unpunished, UNESCO Reports

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Global impunity for journalist killings has risen for the first time in more than a decade, while the growing use of drones is an emerging threat for reporters in conflict zones, according to the latest report from UN cultural organization UNESCO. 

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This index, which covers homicides whose investigations have not been completed or are still ongoing, has been declining since 2012, from the record level of 95 per cent to 85 per cent in 2024.

·Warsaw, Poland
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Every 4 days, a journalist falls, and 6 out of every 7 crimes are closed unaccountably... the UNESCO report reveals how drones and houses turned into death traps, and why did the killers' immunity in our region reach 98%?

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This year, "the overall rate of impunity for the murders of journalists has increased by one percentage point to 86%", he is exposed in the report. Since 2012, this rate has been steadily decreasing, from its record level of 95% to 85% in 2024. The rate of impunity covers murders whose investigations have not been completed or are still ongoing. Six out of seven perpetrators of journalist murders escape justice. "The investigation and prosecutio…

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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Paris, 2 Nov (EFE).- The murders of journalists amounted to 189 between January 1, 2024 and January 31, 2025, representing a 20% increase compared to the previous biennium due to the increase in deaths in the countries in conflict, especially in Palestine, denounced this [...] The entry The deaths of journalists in 2024 and 2025 increased by 20%, reports Unesco was first published in HolaNews.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) says that more than 1,600 journalists have been killed worldwide between 2006 and 2025. The organization said today (Monday, November 1) on the occasion of the “International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists” that in 2024 and 2025 alone, […] The post UNESCO: More than 1,600 journalists have been killed worldwide in the past two decades appeared first …

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