Year of impunity shows how hard it is to get justice for journalists who are killed because of their work
By Jane Whyatt
Another Awareness Day reminds the world that reporters and media workers sometimes pay for the truth with their lives.
Lyra McKee, who was killed in April 2019. Photo:NUJ
In the media freedom community, no reminders are required. The struggle for justice continues day by day, and the twelve months since the last United Nations Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists have produced no improvement in the situation.
In an interview with ECPMF, Ivor Gaber, a member of the UNESCO Committee on the Safety of Journalists describes what steps are being taken. And the ECPMF has joined other media…