Deadly year! In 2023, 140 journalists were murdered worldwide
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Published at: 04/01/2024 12:42 PM
The latest report presented by the NGO Emblema de
Prensa Campaign (PEC), in Geneva, revealed that approximately 140
journalists were killed worldwide in 2023.
According to the document, 81 of the fatalities occurred
in the Gaza Strip, since last October, during the
attacks of the Zionist regime of Israel against the Palestinian people.
The data show that 2023 became the deadliest year
in a decade for media workers, highlighting an
increase of 24 deaths compared to 2022, where 116
journalists were killed.
Of the total number of violent deaths, 90 were counted in the
Middle East, 20 in Latin America, 12 in Asia, 11 in Africa, four in Europe
and three in North America, according to the report cited by TELESUR.
Regarding the situation in the Gaza Strip and the
alarming numbers, the president of the PEC, Blaise Lempen, urged the United Nations (UN) to investigate the circumstances in which the deaths of the communicators in Gaza
occurred.
Mazo News Team