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November 5, 2021

Press Freedom Tribunal in The Hague to Hold Governments Accountable for Journalist Killings
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In The Hague, three leading press freedom groups this week launched an
unprecedented tribunal charged with holding governments accountable for
the rising violence against journalists. The People's Tribunal on the
Murder of Journalists is being spearheaded by Free Press Unlimited, the
Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders. For the
next six months, the tribunal will hold hearings on charges against the
governments of Sri Lanka, Mexico and Syria, accused of failing to
protect journalists and allowing their killers to act with impunity.
This comes as UNESCO has released a new report that documents an 87%
impunity rate in cases of murdered journalists between 2006 and 2020.


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