Share this: TwitterFacebookWhatsAppLinkedInEmailTelegramThe Middle East and North Africa region has long been especially dangerous for journalists. That proportion rose to 43% in the last decade, with 245 of 568 killed there since 2011. Plus, CPJ is also still investigating the killings of two other reporters to determine whether they too were targeted for their journalism. Or take Syria, which became one of the world’s deadliest countries for journalists when protests against Bashar al-Assad expanded into civil war. Against this backdrop, the seemingly encouraging drop in the number of attacks and jailings of journalists in the Middle East and North Africa is still not reason to celebrate.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 16, 2021 18:33 UTC