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2022 Killed Report Mexico
Photos of slain Mexican journalists are placed on the symbolically
closed doors of the attorney general's office in Mexico City
during a vigil in memory of Fredid Román Román, a
journalist shot to death in his car in Chilpancingo on August 22,
2022. (Reuters/Henry Romero)
Latin America was the deadliest region for journalists in 2022
Journalist killings in 2022 rose nearly 50% globally amid lawlessness
and war
New York, January 24, 2023-The number of journalists killed
worldwide increased sharply in 2022, according to a report
published Tuesday by the Committee to Protect Journalists. Latin
America was the deadliest region for the press, with 30 journalists
killed, accounting for nearly half of the 67 journalists and media
workers killed worldwide. The global total of 67 was the highest
number killed since 2018 and a nearly 50% increase from 2021.
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More than half of the killings occurred in just three
countries-Ukraine (15), Mexico (13), and Haiti (7)-the
highest yearly numbers CPJ has ever recorded for these countries.
Notably, despite countries across Latin America being nominally at
peace, the region surpassed the high number of journalists killed in
the Ukraine war.
"These figures point to a precipitous decline in press freedom,
with the highest number of journalist killings since 2018," said
CPJ President Jodie Ginsberg. "Covering politics, crime, and
corruption can be equally or more deadly than covering a full-scale
war. Meanwhile, governments continue to imprison record numbers of
journalists and fail to confront the spiraling violence and culture of
impunity that have effectively silenced entire communities around the
world."
Of the 67 journalists and media workers killed, CPJ found that at
least 41 were killed in direct connection with their work, with
motives for the 26 other deaths currently being investigated to
determine whether they were work-related. The vast majority of those
killed were local journalists covering their own communities.
Across Latin America, journalists covering crime, corruption, gang
violence, and the environment were found to be most at risk. In
Mexico, CPJ documented a total of 13 journalists killed, the
highest-ever number in a single year in that country. Alongside the
lawlessness and humanitarian emergency in Haiti, the region faces an
ever-mounting crisis in journalist killings, leaving news deserts and
contributing to insecurity for local communities.
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Impunity following the killing of journalists persists throughout the
world. In the Middle East, there is still no accountability for the
murder of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was
shot and killed while she reported on an Israeli military raid in the
Palestinian West Bank city of Jenin.
Meanwhile, in the Philippines, where a new president has expressed
support for a free press, the murders in 2022 of four radio
journalists covering local politics and corruption renewed fears that
the culture of violence and persistent impunity will endure.
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CPJ found that existing mechanisms to protect journalists'
safety fail to shield the press. State and federal protections and
laws that deal specifically with journalist protection continue to
prove ineffective in keeping journalists safe.
"Few governments have mechanisms to protect journalists and
those that do exist are not living up to their promise," said
Ginsberg. "Governments must provide protection, credible
investigations, and justice. Failing to do so charts a perilous path
toward information black holes and public insecurity."
CPJ's analysis captures the number of journalists killed in
2022. CPJ's database of journalists killed in 2022 includes
capsule reports on each individual and filters for examining trends in
the data. Learn more about CPJ's 2022 data on killed and
imprisoned journalists from our interactive map.
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CPJ is an independent, nonprofit organization that works to safeguard
press freedom worldwide.
Note to Editors: CPJ's report will be available on cpj.org in
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish,
Turkish, Ukrainian, and Urdu. CPJ experts are available for
interviews.
Methodology: CPJ has detailed records on journalist fatalities since
1992. CPJ researchers independently investigate and verify the
circumstances behind each death. CPJ considers a case
"confirmed" as work-related only when it appears certain
that a journalist was murdered in direct reprisal for his or her work;
in combat or crossfire; or while carrying out a dangerous assignment.
Learn more about CPJ's methodology.
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