It began with the Charlie Hebdo horror – and from Mexico to Brazil to Syria,the assault on press freedom continuedFifty-five journalists have been killed across the world so far this year. In purely statistical terms, it signifies an improvement. It is six fewer than were killed final year and 17 fewer than in 2013.
Yet it is further evidence of the incredibly hostile condtions under which many journalists work, or conditions that have seen a total of 597 killed over the past decade because of their journalistic activities.
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Source: theguardian.com