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The stability of Reporters Without Borders: 54 journalists murdered and 550 imprisoned in 2024

The NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) revealed its annual report this Thursday, wherein it stories the “record number” of 54 journalists murdered, most of them in Palestine, in addition to 550 journalists who stay imprisoned, a 7 % greater than the earlier 12 months. In its annual report, it additionally signifies that 55 informants have been kidnapped this 12 months. With all these numbers, the group speaks of an “alarming increase in attacks against journalists, especially in conflict zones.”

The Israeli military has been essentially the most deadly group for journalists and the Palestinian territories, essentially the most harmful. According to RSF figures, in 2024, 16 journalists have died in Palestine and one other two in Lebanon, all of them by the hands of Israeli troopers. Since the battle in Gaza started after the Hamas assaults on October 7, 2023, 159 journalists have died within the Middle East, 42 of them whereas finishing up their duties. The majority, 145, have died within the Palestinian territories.

Pakistan (7 journalists killed), Bangladesh (5) and Mexico (5) are behind Palestine by way of journalists killed. Another of the conflicts that pulls world consideration, that of Ukraine, has been the scene of the demise of two different informants.

In complete, of the 54 journalists killed, 31 have been in battle zones – within the Middle East, Iraq, Sudan, Burma and Ukraine – bringing the variety of journalists killed in these areas to its highest degree in 5 years (57.4%).

Regarding the 55 kidnapped journalists, 70% are in Syria. “The majority of them were kidnapped by the Islamic State during the war, and ten years later, it is still extremely difficult, if not practically impossible, to obtain information about their whereabouts,” mentioned the NGO, which considers that the autumn of the Bashar al-Assad’s regime “opens a window of hope for journalism.”

Finally, of the 55 media professionals at present held captive on this planet, two have been kidnapped in 2024 by the Houthis in Yemen.