Two killings in Europe this year underlined that violence towards journalists can happen even in relatively affluent societies. 'You can get killed': journalists living in fear as states crack down Read morePatricia Mayorga, Chihuahua correspondent for the news weekly Proceso, covered the same issues as Breach: human rights and drug cartels. At least 15 journalists have been killed over the past decade, and the assassins are almost never caught. This year a number of journalists have preferred to leave the country rather than stay and face the risks. Many of Russia’s liberal journalists blame their counterparts on state television for helping whip up hatred against them.

Source: The Guardian December 01, 2017 06:00 UTC