The 'historically low' number mostly died covering conflicts in Yemen, Syria, and Afghanistan, Reporters Without Borders says, which warned 'journalism remains a dangerous profession.'
PARIS, France – Forty-nine journalists were killed across the world in 2019, Reporters Without Borders said Tuesday, December 17, the lowest death toll in 16 years.
Some 80 journalists a year have lost their lives on average over the last two decades, said the organization, which is known by its French initials RSF. "Latin America, with a total of 14 reporters killed across the continent, has become as deadly as the Middle East," he added. Nearly half were imprisoned in three countries – China, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, which was blamed for the gruesome murder of columnist"China, which has intensified its repression of the Uighur minority, alone holds a third of the journalists locked up in the world," RSF said.
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