Baku. 18 December. REPORT.AZ/ A total of 80 journalists were killed in 2018 in the world, which is 15 more than a year earlier, accordign to a report of the international organization 'Reporters without border'
Report informs citing that TASS that a total of 80 journalists were killed this year, with 348 jailed and 60 held hostage, according to the report. Three have gone missing this year.
The organization indicated that the most resonance were the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the consulate general in Istanbul in October and murder of Aktuality.sk reporter Jan Kutsiak in February.
Afghanistan was the world’s deadliest country for journalists in 2018, with 15 killed, followed by Syria where 11 were killed, the annual report shows. Mexico was the deadliest country outside a conflict zone, with nine journalists killed this year.
The fatal shooting of five employees of Maryland’s Capital Gazette newspaper in June saw the United States rank among the deadliest countries for journalists.