Dying truth

More and more journalists are being killed, imprisoned and attacked. Being a journalist is
now one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. Between 2006 and 2016 at least more
than 929 journalists were killed. These journalists were killed because they investigated
corrupt governments or criminal organisations. Being a journalist is a difficult job. You need
good connections and you need the ability to give the news to people in an excessive way.
These people risk their lives to give us an expanded and better view of the world. But there
are a lot of secrets that people dont want to be discovered. And when journalists are coming
too close to the truth their voices will be crushed.

Most of the journalists dont receive justice when they are prosecuted. The people who
worked hard for justice for other people dont get it when their lives are on risk of being lost.
And with every journalist that is killed for just doing his/hers job the world gets a little bit
darker again. We should give journalists more protection just like they protect our world from
unfairness, corruption and much more.

The most dangerous countries in the world for journalists and whistleblowers since 1992
until January 2017 are:

Country: Journalists killed:

Iraq 178

Syria 107

The Philippines 77

Somalia 62

Algeria 60

Pakistan 59

Russia 56

3 journalists who were recently killed for challenging the status quo:

1. Rubn Espinosa Becerril,

He was a photojournalist who covered corruption, crime and activism in veracruz,
Mexico. He was working in a group looking to raise awareness and to end the
murders of journalist. He had been threatened several times because of this. He was
killed July, 31st after his arrival in Mexico city

2. Jagendra Singh, was a freelance journalist in Shahjahanpur district, Uttar

Pradesh, India. He wrote critical things about the local government, documenting
corruption and crime. On June 1st, the police came to his home and beat and burned
him. He died from his injuries on June 8th.
 3. Niloy Neel, was a
freelance blogger who wrote
critically about Islamic
extremism and he advocated
for minority rights. The past
year has been especially
dangerous for freethinkers in
Bangladesh.
He was hacked to death by
extremists on August 7th,
adding to a growing list of
other bloggers who were
similarly killed.

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/journalism-is-under-attack-all-around-the-world/
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/remember-the-journalists-who-risk-their-lives-for /
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2017/04/journalists-attack-
170402091429822.html