The worst year for journalists in the world .. 80 dead, most notably Khashoggi

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said that the number of journalists killed in violence worldwide in 2018 was 80, more than 15 fewer than last year.

"In 2008, 80 journalists were killed, 348 journalists were detained for their work (compared to 326 in 2017) and 60 journalists are still being held," the organization said in its annual report on its official website today.

In 2018, the organization reported the loss of three journalists, two in Latin America and one in Russia.

The report pointed out that the two most famous crimes in the world this year are the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in his consulate in Istanbul on October 2, and the Slovak journalist was killed at the site of Akshwality.ASKai in February.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Secretary-General Christoph Delaware said violence against journalists had reached unprecedented levels this year. "All the indicators are ringing the alarm.

Delaware warned that such hateful hatred of journalists, whether political leaders, religious leaders or unscrupulous businessmen, has serious consequences on the ground, with a worrying increase in the frequency of abuses against journalists.

He added that these feelings of hatred are massively multiplying on the social media platforms, which bear a great responsibility in this regard, which legitimizes this violence, while undermining the press and with it democracy day after day.

The list of the most dangerous countries for media workers includes Afghanistan (15 people), Syria (11) and Mexico (9).

The United States also entered the list after an American fired at the staff of the office of the editorial board of the newspaper Gazetteet in Annapolis, Maryland, at the end of June, killing five journalists.