The unprecedented rise in journalist slayings — and what can be done to stop them
By DW
12 May 2022 |
3:22 pm
The shooting of a reporter in the West Bank is among the numerous killings of media workers worldwide. What international protections exist for journalists, and what can be done to make the world safer for the press?
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