UN Secretary-General: This year alone, at least 88 journalists have been killed

Baku. 2 November. REPORT.AZ/ "In just over a decade, more than a thousand journalists have been killed while carrying out their indispensable work, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for The International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, marked annually on 2 November.

Report informs that, according to the message, nine out of ten cases are unresolved, with no one held accountable.

"This year alone, at least 88 journalists have been killed. This is outrageous. This should not become the new normal. When journalists are targeted, societies as a whole pay a price. I am deeply troubled by the growing number of attacks and the culture of impunity," the UN Secretary-General said.

He called on Governments and the international community to protect journalists and create the conditions they need to do their work.