{"id":100284,"date":"2020-12-22T14:42:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T08:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/journalist-murders-double-in-2020-press-freedom-group-says\/"},"modified":"2020-12-23T03:12:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T21:12:41","slug":"journalist-murders-double-in-2020-press-freedom-group-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/journalist-murders-double-in-2020-press-freedom-group-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist Murders Double in 2020, Press Freedom Group Says"},"content":{"rendered":"
The number of journalists murdered for their work doubled in 2020, as criminal gangs and militant groups sought to silence reporting with violence, a new report says. <\/p>\n
At least 30 journalists were killed between January 1 and December 15, including 21 who were murdered, and others who were killed in crossfire or while on assignments, the report by press freedom organization the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) found. <\/p>\n
Mexico was the deadliest country, followed closely by Syria, Afghanistan and the Philippines. The figures do not include the assassination Monday of a prominent Afghan journalist in eastern Ghazni province. <\/p>\n