Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro/GettyExpression Journalist shot while covering Workers’ Day demonstrationFrancisca Sandoval, shot while covering Workers’ Day marches, is the first journalist killed in the line of duty in Chile since the Pinochet era. Francisca Sandoval, a 29-year-old journalist with La Victoria's Señal 3, was critically wounded and died from her injuries on 12th May 2022. Sandoval is the first journalist to be killed in the line of duty in Chile since the end of the Pinochet dictatorship. The international organisation released their analysis on 3rd May 2022, World Press Freedom Day. RSF said that while press freedom is guaranteed by Chile’s legal framework, it is not always respected in practice.

Source: The Guardian June 09, 2022 10:20 UTC