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.