Already more than four dozen journalists killed in 2018
(World News Austria)

As many as 49 journalists were killed around the world in the first six months of 2018, according to the International Press Institute (IPI)`s Death Watch. IPI, a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for media freedom, has been compiling annual data on the killings of journalists since 1997, as part of its press freedom and safety of journalist programmes. Twenty-two journalists - including 11 in Afghanistan and two in Palestine - have died in targeted killings this year, frequently in retaliation for their work on exposing corruption or the activities of crime syndicates. An additional...