UNESCO names and shames governments that provide impunity for those who kill and threaten journalists
By Jane Whyatt
Across the world, and increasingly in Europe, journalists are under threat and those who murder or threaten them are getting away with it. On this 2019 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, ECPMF seeks to understand what is being done to better protect them.
Professor Ivor Gaber, UK representative on UNESCO committee. Photo: ECPMF
The Council of Europe lists 22 cases of impunity for the murder of journalists, with 14 in Serbia and Albania alone. The latest name to be added to this list of shame is that of Daphne Caruana Galizia.
UNESCO as the United Nations…