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Violence on Journalists - RSF Report

December 23 , 2018 2165 days 900 0
  • The report of annual worldwide round-up of deadly violence and abusive treatment of journalists was released by Reporters without Borders (RSF - Reporters Sans Frontières).
  • According to the report, Journalists have never before been subjected to as much violence and abusive treatment as in 2018.
  • The figure increased by eight percent to 80, and by 15 percent, in the category of number of professional journalists killed, from 55 in 2017 to 63 in 2018.
  • The numbers had been declining for the previous 3 years.
  • It added the U.S. to the worst offenders list for the first time in the annual roundup’s 23-year history.
  • China remains to be the world’s biggest jailer of journalists with the number as high as 60. India was the 5th deadliest place for journalists.
  • This report is being compiled every year since 1995.
  • Earlier in April, RSF released the World Press Freedom Index 2018 in which India was ranked at 138.

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