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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Annie Kelly

There is a war on journalists raging around the world: let their voices be heard

Two children stand on a street next to a burned-out white van with the remains of the word 'press' written on it in red.
The remains of a burned-out press vehicle hit by an Israeli airstrike that killed five journalists in Nuseirat, Gaza, in December 2024. Photograph: Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

There is a war on journalists raging across the world. Last year, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) recorded the highest number of media workers killed since it began collecting data three decades ago.

According to that data, at least 124 journalists and media workers were killed in 2024 – nearly two-thirds of them Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza and the West Bank.

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