Journalists death: 1,668 media persons killed on duty worldwide in past 20 years, says RSF’s report
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What with murders, contract killings, ambushes, war zone deaths and fatal injuries, a staggering total of 1,668 journalists have been killed worldwide in connection with their work in the last two decades (2003-2022), according to RSF's tallies based above all on its annual round-ups. This gives an average of more than 80 journalists killed every year, according to Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
