{"id":26036,"date":"2018-12-18T17:23:47","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T17:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=26036"},"modified":"2018-12-18T17:23:47","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T17:23:47","slug":"rsf-at-least-63-professional-journalists-killed-globally-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=26036","title":{"rendered":"RSF: At least 63 professional journalists killed globally in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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More than half of all journalists killed this year – including Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0were targeted deliberately, reflecting a hatred of the media voiced in many areas of society, according to a media watchdog.<\/p>\n

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Tuesday that at least 63 professional journalists were killed while doing their jobs around the world in 2018, a 15-percent increase from last year.<\/p>\n

The number of fatalities rises to 80 when including all media workers and citizen journalists, the non-governmental organisation said.<\/p>\n

The 2018 killings bring the total global death toll of professional journalists from the past 10 years to 702.<\/p>\n

“The hatred of journalists that is voiced … by unscrupulous politicians, religious leaders and businessmen has tragic consequences on the ground, and has been reflected in this disturbing increase in violations against journalists,” Christophe Deloire, RSF’s chief, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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Time honours Khashoggi, journalists as Person of the Year<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

The murders of Khashoggi and the young Slovak data journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend<\/a> “highlighted the lengths to which press freedom’s enemies are prepared to go”, he said.<\/p>\n

Khashoggi, a royal insider who became a critic of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman<\/a> and began writing for the Washington Post after moving to the US last year, was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul<\/a> in October.<\/p>\n

Khashoggi’s death sparked global outrage. Saudi officials have rejected accusations that the crown prince ordered his death.<\/p>\n

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The Paris-based body said the three most dangerous countries for journalists to work in were Afghanistan<\/a>, Syria and Mexico.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the shooting of five employees of the Capital Gazette newspaper propelled the US into the ranks of the most dangerous countries.<\/p>\n

The media freedom organisation said 348 journalists are being detained worldwide, compared with 326 at this time in 2017.<\/p>\n

Among those is Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Hussein who has been detained in an Egyptian prison for 728 days without charge.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

More than half of the world’s imprisoned journalists are held in China<\/a> (60 journalists), Turkey (33), Iran (28), Saudi Arabia<\/a> (28) and Egypt (38).<\/p>\n

RSF called on the United Nations<\/a> to push for the establishment of a special envoy for the protection of journalists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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