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IFJ welcomes lowest number of killings of journalists for a decade but warns "no room for complacency"
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Publisher:  International Federation of Journalists
Date Written:  06/01/2018
Year Published:  2018  
Resource Type:  Article

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) warns there is no room for complacency despite recording the lowest number of killings of journalists since 2007.

Abstract:  The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) warns there is no room for complacency despite recording the lowest number of killings of journalists since 2007.

The IFJ welcomed the fall from 2016's tally of 93 to 81 in 2017 but cautioned that unprecedented numbers of journalists were jailed, forced to flee, that self-censorship was widespread and that impunity for the killings, harassment, attacks and threats against independent journalism was running at epidemic levels.

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