The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has released figures for the number of journalists killed in the year 2021 while performing their journalistic duties around the world.
The International Federation of Journalists and Reporter Without Frontiers released its 2021 report, stating that 46 journalists and media workers were killed in the line of duty in 2021 while performing their duties in different countries and regions. Is the lowest number of
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has said that the number of journalists killed is decreasing, but in the face of ongoing violence and cruelty against journalists around the world, the number of journalists killed does not matter.
According to figures released by the International Federation of Journalists, 9 journalists were killed in Afghanistan in 2021, followed by 8 journalists in Mexico, 4 in India and 3 in Pakistan, and 10 in the Americas in 2021. Eight journalists were killed in Africa, six in Europe and one in the Middle East and Arab countries.
According to the report, this is the lowest number of journalists killed in any year since 1995.
How many journalists have been imprisoned and killed this year? Revealed in the report of the International Journalist Organization
In December 2021, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) revealed that a record 293 journalists would be sent to prison worldwide in 2021.
According to the CPJ, the highest number of 50 journalists was imprisoned in China in 2021, followed by Myanmar (Burma) where 26 journalists were imprisoned during the military coup.
Egypt, Vietnam and Belarus are ranked third, fourth and fifth, respectively, with 25, 23 and 19 journalists arrested by security forces this year, compared to Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, Russia, Ethiopia and Eritrea, the report said. Journalists were also chained.