Protection of journalists and press freedom 2010, para. 79

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The Special Rapporteur is alarmed and concerned that the number of journalists and media personnel killed in 2009 was the highest since 1992, and that 81 per cent of those killings were deliberate and targeted. While the risk of armed conflict increases the risk to the lives of journalists and other media professionals, more journalists were killed in non-conflict situations, mostly for reporting on organized crime or drug trafficking, environmental matters or human rights violations and corruption, or for voicing criticism of Government or the powerful.
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Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Humanitarian
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Activists
Year
2010
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Conclusion / Recommendation
Reference
SR Freedom of Opinion, Report to the UNGA (2010), A/65/284, para. 79.
Paragraph info
Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph number
79