A police officer orders members of the media to move back during a pro-democracy march in Hong Kong on Jan. 1, 2020. (Photo by Isaac Lawrence/AFP)
Jul 5 2021
A Japanese journalist has been arrested and held in prison in Myanmar for reporting the news. He was accused of reporting “fake news” by the military junta.
The killings in the country continue and are being reported by a new generation of volunteer journalists, who are often in the thick of the demonstrations.
In Zimbabwe, two Spanish journalists — David Beriain and cameraman Roberto Fraile — were killed in an ambush in the tri-border Sahel Zone of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso. They were on the way to a national park where poachers and armed groups were reporteldy killing elephants and rhinos.
Life for professional journalists continues to be precarious. Many countries have introduced draconian anti-terrorist laws and media restrictions that consider criticism of the government an act of subversion or even terrorism.
Many professional journalists, while trying to report the news, have been arrested, jailed, and killed.
In 2015, there were 73 journalists killed. In 2018, as many as 56 were killed. In 2019, there were 26 killed. In 2020, another 32 killed, and so far in 2021, there have been five killed, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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