Journalists are facing an “unprecedented” wave of attacks around the world with increased hostility to the media leading to assaults on individuals as well as press freedom, according to a new report. The work of journalists was censored or altered 29 times and media professionals were blocked from covering a story in 89 cases. Photograph: Sergei Chuzavkov/APThose campaigning to protect journalists suggest that the most extreme forms of violence have proliferated because of a feeling of impunity. Patry said journalists in countries known as beacons of press freedom, such as the UK and France, feel “guilty” reporting threats. The Mapping Media Freedom project – run by the European Federation of Journalists and Reporters Without Borders and part funded by the European commission – has recorded over 2,400 incidents threatening media freedom from its launch in May 2014.

Source: The Guardian November 28, 2016 07:00 UTC