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2024 deadliest year for journalists, breaking 2007 record

2025-02-14 11:25:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

2024 deadliest year for journalists, breaking 2007 record

According to a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), last year was the deadliest for journalists in three decades. Nearly 124 journalists were killed, two-thirds of them in attacks linked to Israel. The report says that the increase in global conflicts has also led to a significant increase in the number of journalists killed. The deaths were mainly in countries such as Sudan, Pakistan and Myanmar.

In the Israel-Gaza conflict, 85 journalists lost their lives in 2024 and another 78 in 2023. The report emphasizes that the killing of media workers highlights the risks they face and the growing threat worldwide.

The death of 124 journalists in 2024 surpasses the record of 2007, when 113 journalists lost their lives, most of them in the Iraq war.

"Journalists are considered civilians under international humanitarian law, and targeting them in a conflict is a war crime. Conditions can become more deadly for the press when those who kill journalists are not held accountable. And fewer journalists mean less information for citizens seeking the truth," the report said./ CNA





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