12 journalists were murdered around the world in January alone, according to the NGO Press Emblem Campaign.
Among the 12 media workers killed in the line of duty were Haitians Amady John Wesley and Wilguens Louissaint, murdered in Laboule 12, Petion-ville.
In Mexico, 4 informants were executed. They are José Luis Gamboa, Margarito Martínez, Lourdes Maldonado and Roberto Toledo.
The Pakistani Hasnain Shah and Murtaza Shar were also victims. In Kazakhstan the murder of Muratkhan Bazarbayev was recorded. The Burmese Pu Tui Dim was killed. In Honduras Pablo Isabel Hernández Rivera was shot while in the Philippines Jaynard Angeles, was murdered”, denounced Blaise Lempen, the secretary general of the non-governmental organization.
According to this structure, 79 journalists were killed in 29 countries in 2021, including 12 in Afghanistan, which is considered the most difficult country to work in. Mexico was the next most difficult country to kill journalists with 10 cases. 7 members of the corporation were killed in Pakistan, 6 in India against 4 in the Philippines, the previous year.