Cpj: file of 129 journalists killed in 2025, 86 by Israel | EUROtoday

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129 journalists had been killed final 12 months on the earth, “the highest number” recorded by the Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) for the reason that group started amassing knowledge greater than 30 years in the past, and “Israel has been responsible for two-thirds of the deaths,” with 86 journalists killed.

“At least 104 of 129 journalists and media workers will have been killed during conflicts in 2025”the US-based group highlighted, noting that “although the number of journalists and media workers killed in Ukraine and Sudan increased in 2025 compared to the previous year, to four and nine deaths respectively, the numbers remained very low compared to Israel.”

The group then highlighted the rise in drone killings of journalists: from two in 2023, the primary 12 months the CPJ documented these instances, to 39 in 2025. And 33 of those killings had been reportedly performed with navy drones. “The growing number of journalists killed globally is fueled by a persistent culture of impunity for attacks on the press,” the group additional denounced, noting that “very few transparent investigations were conducted into the 47 cases of targeted killings documented by the CPJ in 2025 and no one was held accountable in any of these cases.”

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