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- A record 91 journalists were killed in 2023
- 80% of those deaths were in Israel-Gaza
- 1,600 journalists killed since 1st World Press Freedom Day
An unprecedented 91 journalists and media workers were killed last year while doing their jobs, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
More than 80% of these deaths were journalists working in the area of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
So far this year, 20 of the 22 journalists killed were working in the same area. This brings the total journalists killed in the Israel-Gaza war since the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 to 97.
Since 1992, which is as far back as the data goes, an average of 53 journalists have been killed annually. A notable number of journalists have lost their lives in Iraq (249) and Syria (142).
World Press Freedom Day, which falls on 3 May this year, was established by the UN to remind governments of their role in defending journalists and upholding free speech.
More than 1,600 journalists have been killed since it was first commemorated in 1994.
— 3 May, 2024Subscribe to the weekly newsletter for more charts like this
