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Governments fall short in efforts to combat impunity in journalists' murders
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Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Date Written: 31/10/2014
Year Published: 2014
Resource Type: Article
Ninety percent of murderers walk free, threatening press freedom, CPJ report finds
Abstract: New York, October 28, 2014 -- Despite increased international attention to the murder of journalists, governments have failed to take meaningful action to reduce the high rates of targeted violence and impunity, the Committee to Protect Journalists found in a new report released today.
In the past 10 years, 370 journalists have been murdered in direct retaliation for their work. The vast majority were local journalists reporting on corruption, crime, human rights, politics, or war. In 90 perc...
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