31/12/2022
At least 93 journalists killed in Pakistan in the last two decades.
Over 1,700 journalists killed worldwide in 20 years, RSF reported.
Syria, Iran remain the most dangerous countries to work as a journalist.
Nearly 1,700 journalists have been killed worldwide, including 93 from Pakistan, over the past 20 years, an average of more than 80 a year, according to an analysis published by Reporters Without Borders.
The two decades between 2003 and 2022 were "especially deadly decades for those in the service of the right to inform", said the Paris-based media rights campaigners.
"Behind the figures, there are the faces, personalities, talent and commitment of those who have paid with their lives for their information gathering, their search for the truth and their passion for journalism," RSF secretary-general Christophe Deloire said.
Iraq and Syria were the most dangerous countries to work as a journalist, accounting for "a combined total of 578 journalists killed in the past 20 years, or more than a third of the worldwide total", RSF said.
