Palestine is most dangerous country for journalists, Reporters Without Borders says | Journalist safety
Palestine is most dangerous country for journalists, Reporters Without Borders says | Journalist safety
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Bu içerikte, 2024 yılında dünya genelinde gazetecilik faaliyetleri sırasında veya mesleklerinden dolayı 54 gazetecinin öldürüldüğü belirtilmektedir. Bu ölümlerin üçte birinden fazlasının İsrail ordusu tarafından gerçekleştirildiği ifade edilmektedir. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) tarafından yayımlanan yıllık rapora göre, İsrail silahlı kuvvetlerinin bu yıl 18 gazetecinin ölümünden sorumlu olduğu belirtilmektedir. RSF’nin verilerine göre, son beş yılda Filistin’in diğer ülkelerden daha fazla gazeteci ölümüne sahip olduğu vurgulanmaktadır. Ayrıca, örgüt İsrail ordusu tarafından Gazze’de başlatılan savaşın başlangıcından bu yana 145’ten fazla gazetecinin öldürüldüğünü belirtmektedir. Diğer ülkelerde de gazetecilere yönelik şiddet olaylarına değinilen içerikte, 2024 yılında dünya genelinde 104 gazetecinin öldürüldüğü bilgisi verilmektedir. Ayrıca, RSF’nin verilerine göre dünya genelinde 550 gazetecinin hapsedildiği, 55 gazetecinin rehin alındığı ve 95 gazetecinin kayıp olduğu belirtilmektedir.
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Fifty-four journalists were killed worldwide while carrying out their work or because of their profession in 2024, a third of them by the Israeli army, according to an annual report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published on Thursday.
According to the press freedom NGO, Israeli armed forces were responsible for the deaths of 18 journalists this year – 16 in Gaza and two in Lebanon.
“Palestine is the most dangerous country for journalists, recording a higher death toll than any other country over the past five years,” RSF said in its annual report, which covers data up to 1 December.
The organisation has filed four complaints with the international criminal court (ICC) for “war crimes committed against journalists by the Israeli army”.
It said that in total “more than 145” journalists had been killed by the Israeli army in Gaza since the start of the war there in October 2023, with 35 of them working at the time of their deaths, RSF said.
It described the number of killings as “an unprecedented bloodbath”.
In a separate report published on Tuesday, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) reported that 104 journalists were killed worldwide in 2024, with more than half of them in Gaza.
The figures differ between the IFJ and RSF due to two different methodologies used in calculating the toll.
RSF includes only journalists whose deaths have been “proven to be directly related to their professional activity”.
Israel denies it intentionally harms journalists but admits that some have been killed in airstrikes on military targets.
“We don’t accept these figures. We don’t believe they are correct,” the Israeli government spokesperson David Mercer told a press conference on Wednesday.
After Gaza, the deadliest places for journalists in 2024 were Pakistan, with seven deaths, followed by Bangladesh and Mexico with five each.
In 2023, the number of journalists killed worldwide stood at 45 in the same January-December period.
As of 1 December, there were 550 journalists imprisoned worldwide, compared with 513 last year, according to RSF figures. The three countries with the highest numbers of detained journalists are China (124, including 11 in Hong Kong), Myanmar (61), and Israel (41).
Furthermore, 55 journalists are currently being held hostage, including two abducted in 2024. Nearly half – 25 in total – are in the hands of the Islamic State group.
In addition, 95 journalists are reported missing, including four new cases reported in 2024.
Palestine is most dangerous country for journalists, Reporters Without Borders says | Journalist safety
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