Press freedom across the world continued to decline in the past year, which saw over 530 journalists detained and 57 killed in the line of duty, according to an international media watchdog that took stock of the perils journalists faced in 2022.
This includes, for example, the case of Tacloban journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, who remains in detention over charges of illegal possession of explosives and firearms.
Cumpio’s case was emblematic of another troubling pattern in press freedom last year, which saw a record rise of women journalists put behind bars.At the end of 2022, women accounted for 14.6 percent of imprisoned journalists compared to five years ago, when only seven in every 100 journalists were women.
Amid a rise in murders, contract killings, ambushes, war zone deaths and fatal injuries of journalists, there are now at least 1,668 journalists killed worldwide in the line of duty. Based on the data, the Americas were the world’s most dangerous region for journalists in 2022 with half of the 57 deaths recorded worldwide. Asia, meanwhile, was the fourth most dangerous region, with RSF taking particular mention of the Philippines, which has recorded over 100 journalists killed since 2003.
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