The number of journalists killed in revenge for his or her work globally has doubled this year, as per report by the New York-based Committee Journalists (CPJ).
CPJ noted that twenty one journalists were killed in 2020, compared to ten within the previous year. The murder of 2 Indian journalists, Rakesh Singh and Shubham Mani Tripathi, each killed in state, were additionally mentioned within the report.
While the total number of killings rose in 2020, the number of deaths related to conflict fell to its lowest level since 2000, according to the CPJ, with waning violence in West Asia and fewer reporters traveling because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Still, while fewer journalists were caught in the crossfire of war in 2020, at least four were killed because of their work in Syria and Afghanistan, according to the CPJ. A fifth killing in Afghanistan on Monday is still being investigated, the group said.
