110 journalists killed in 2015

A report released by Reporters without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontiers) has revealed that no fewer than 110 journalists were killed around the world in 2015 alone.
The report by RSF was released to coincide with the 2016 World Press Freedom Day.
The World Press Freedom Day is celebrated yearly on May 3.
The report by the RSF said 67 of the journalists were killed in-the-line-of-duty, while 43 died in circumstances that were unclear.
It added that another 27 non-professional “citizen-journalists” and seven other media workers were also killed during the period.
In the report, the group warned that more journalists were being deliberately targeted for their work in supposedly peaceful countries.
The RSF said the high toll was “largely attributable to deliberate violence against journalists and demonstrates the failure of initiatives to protect media personnel”.
It called on the United Nations to take action.
On its part, the UN said that no fewer than 700 journalists had been killed in the last decade.
It said that one journalist “is killed every five days, simply for bringing news and information to the public”, and that many journalists perished in the conflicts they covered so fearlessly.
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