World Press Freedom Day

  Across the world, especially in conflict zones, journalists are facing unpredictable dangers. They are often, wrongly, seen as legitimate targets. CNN's Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward tells UN News that “ we have entered a very dangerous new era where journalists have become fair game ”.  

How do you work safely as a reporter when violent crime gangs control your patch? That’s the challenge facing Haitian print and radio journalist Jean Daniel Sénat, who explains that he and his colleagues are “constantly under threat” from criminal groups. The UNESCO’s Observatory of Killed Journalists points to 14 media workers killed in Haiti since 2021. Sometimes the danger comes from an unexpected source: the police, who suspect some journalists of working for gangs as they are able to enter gang-controlled neighbourhoods, Jean Daniel alleges.  Read the UN News story here