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Get your branch to adopt a jailed journalist


Te NUJ is an internationalist organisation and lobbies for global press freedom with sister unions and, in particular, the International Federation of Journalists.


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ogether with the IFJ, the union shines a light on regimes which allow, and in many cases conspire towards,


journalists being murdered with impunity. In the past 30 years 2,658 media workers have been killed – two dying every week. Yet, only one murder in every 10 is punished. Tis means that it is almost virtually risk-free to kill a journalist – murder has become the easiest and cheapest way of silencing troublesome reporters. On Tursday 10 December to mark the international day for human rights, the IFJ published its “killed list” for 2020 and launched a white paper on global journalism. So far 42 media workers have died doing their job this year. Te IFJ casualty tolls include support staff such as drivers, fixers and translators who die during newsgathering activities. Most of the media workers killed are local reporters. Te IFJ also monitors journalists in jail and its analysis found at least 235 journalists in imprisoned in 34 countries for work-related cases. Te


provides for media workers in conflict zones, or it can supply journalists from around the world to explain the dangers they and colleagues face reporting the news. Branches can hold fund raisers for the IFJ’s fund [htps://www.if.org/ safety-fund.html], adopt a prisoner or choose a country and organise lobbying activity, highlighting threats to press freedom. Download the white paper: htps://www.if.org/media-


Te top 10


Osama Hajjaj is a Jordanian cartoonist for the newspaper Al Arab Al Yawm and is a participant of the Journalism Without Fear competition htps://bit.ly/2WdYrCc


list does not include other journalists facing charges or released on bail. In Turkey, scores of journalists were detained on allegations that they supported the failed coup in July 2016. Civil unrest and elections- related protests led to large-scale arrests of journalists and other media workers in Belarus. Online branch meetings make it


easy to invite international guests, either representatives of the IFJ who can speak about the federation’s work, including the safety training it


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countries where journalists have killed in the past 30 years:


• Iraq (339 killed) • Mexico (175) • Philippines (159) • Pakistan (138) • India (116) • Russian Federation (110) • Algeria (106) • Syria (96) • Somalia (93) • Afghanistan (93)


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