{"id":52578,"date":"2022-01-07T20:19:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T18:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=52578"},"modified":"2022-01-07T18:38:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T16:38:20","slug":"fifty-five-journalists-media-professionals-killed-worldwide-in-2021-united-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/fifty-five-journalists-media-professionals-killed-worldwide-in-2021-united-nations","title":{"rendered":"Fifty-five Journalists &amp; Media Professionals Killed Worldwide In 2021 \u2013 United Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has said fifty-five journalists and media professionals were killed worldwide in 2021, with nearly nine in 10 killings since 2006 still unresolved.<\/p>\n<p>UNESCO said impunity is \u201calarmingly widespread.\u201d UNESCO Director-General Audrey said:<\/p>\n<p>Once again in 2021, far too many journalists paid the ultimate price to bring truth to light.<\/p>\n<p>Although the number of victims stands at its lowest for a decade, UNESCO underlined the many dangers that reporters face in trying to cover stories and expose wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, as in previous years, journalists faced high rates of imprisonment, physical attack, intimidation and harassment, including when reporting on protests. UNESCO said:<\/p>\n<p>Women journalists continue to be particularly at risk as they are subjected to \u201ca shocking prevalence of harassment online.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>UNESCO cited data that showed that nearly three-quarters of female media professionals surveyed had experienced online violence linked to their work.<\/p>\n<p>According to the\u202fUNESCO Observatory of Killed Journalists, two-thirds of victims in 2021 died in countries where there is no armed conflict.<\/p>\n<p>This marks a complete reversal of the situation in 2013 when two-thirds of killings took place in countries experiencing conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Most deaths in 2021 occurred in just two regions, Asia-Pacific \u2013 with 23 killings, and Latin America and the Caribbean \u2013 with 14.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Ms. Azoulay condemned the killing of Myanmar journalist Sai Win Aung.<\/p>\n<p>More: News.un.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has said fifty-five journalists and media professionals were killed worldwide in 2021, with nearly nine in 10 killings since 2006 still unresolved. UNESCO said impunity is \u201calarmingly widespread.\u201d UNESCO Director-General Audrey said: Once again in 2021, far too many journalists paid the ultimate price [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":52577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,12,15],"tags":[1493,2189,7972,19],"class_list":["post-52578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","tag-united-nations-educational-scientific-and-cultural-organisation-unesco","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fifty-five Journalists &amp; Media Professionals Killed Worldwide In 2021 \u2013 United Nations - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has said fifty-five journalists and media prof ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/fifty-five-journalists-media-professionals-killed-worldwide-in-2021-united-nations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fifty-five Journalists &amp; 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