{"id":31755,"date":"2021-12-16T11:43:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T10:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/mir-reportery-bez-granic-soobshhili-o-roste-arestov-zhurnalistov-na-20-procentov-za-god\/"},"modified":"2021-12-17T11:40:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T10:40:42","slug":"fewer-journalists-murdered-but-far-more-behind-bars-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/hy\/fewer-journalists-murdered-but-far-more-behind-bars-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Fewer journalists murdered, but far more behind bars in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

The organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is sounding the alarm in its current annual roundup of\u00a0violence and abuse suffered by journalists. Its press freedoms report concludes that ever more media professionals are being arbitrarily arrested while doing their job.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fewer journalists murdered, but far more behind bars in 2021<\/h1>\n

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Times are tough for journalists.<\/p>\n

Authoritarian regimes like Belarus, China and Myanmar are cracking down with increasing zeal against pro-democracy movements in their countries \u2014 with freedom of speech as a collateral casualty. And in Western democracies\u00a0such as the United States and in Europe, populists and conspiracy theorists are increasingly threatening press freedoms, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

The organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF)<\/a> is sounding the alarm in its current annual roundup<\/a> of\u00a0violence and abuse suffered by journalists. Its press freedoms report concludes that ever more media professionals are being arbitrarily arrested while doing their job.<\/p>\n

Journalist\u00a0murders decrease\u00a0slightly<\/h2>\n

In 2021, 46 journalists were killed \u2014\u00a0the lowest tally in\u00a0many years. One reason for that, RSF says, is\u00a0how tensions\u00a0have decreased\u00a0in regional conflict zones in Syria, Iraq and Yemen.<\/p>\n

Katja Gloger, a board member of RSF Germany, added: “The most dangerous countries are Mexico, once again\u00a0\u2014 with seven \u2014 and Afghanistan, with six\u00a0journalists killed. Yemen and India each had four media workers killed in 2021.”<\/p>\n

Some 65 journalists are considered\u00a0kidnapped, with\u00a0the majority of the abductions in Syria, Iraq and Yemen.<\/p>\n

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More detained journalists\u00a0than ever<\/h2>\n

Yet in 2021, there were\u00a0at least 488 journalists\u00a0worldwide who were detained in connection with their work. This is the highest number the organization has ever recorded. The report clarified that 103 of these are not professional journalists; they are activists who express their views on social media.<\/p>\n