“I am critical of U.N. bodies for intentionally “burying the lead,” so as not perhaps to offend U.N. member states, and talking about many issues at once instead of zeroing in on the one issue that has long been and remains the greatest threat to both press freedom and at-risk journalists worldwide: unsolved journalist murders. CPJ research shows that three out of every five journalists killed around the world since 1992 have been outright murdered, and that the perpetrators get away with the crime in nearly 9 out of 10 journalist murders.”

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At the UN, let’s talk about journalist murders in plain language

By Frank Smyth/CPJ Senior Adviser for Journalist Security