News > 1,668 journalists killed worldwide in past 20 years: Media watchdog RSF
1,668 journalists killed worldwide in past 20 years: Media watchdog RSF
31/12/2022 05:54 PM | Click to read full article
What with murders, contract killings, ambushes, war zone deaths and fatal injuries, a staggering total of 1,668 journalists have been killed worldwide in connection with their work in the last two decades (2003-2022), according to RSF's tallies based above all on its annual round-ups. This gives an average of more than 80 journalists killed every year, according to Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
