Safety of journalists covering protests : preserving freedom of the press during times of turmoil [EN/AR/RU/ZH/PT/MY]

Key trends:

• Harassment, arrests and physical violence against journalists, mostly by government security forces and sometimes by protestors, have risen in recent years.

• Press freedom and freedom of expression has been impacted in many countries by these attacks.

• A range of attacks have been identified by UNESCO in 65 countries since 2015 for this report.

• At least ten journalists have been killed since 2015 while covering protests, according to UNESCO’s Observatory of Killed Journalists.

• Tactics used against journalists have violated international laws and norms that have been long agreed upon under the umbrella of multilateral institutions.