The free press is essential for peace, justice, sustainable development and human rights.That was the view expressed by the Secretary General of the United Nations earlier this year to mark World Press Freedom Day on May 3rd.
The day was commemorated under the theme "Media for Democracy: Journalism and Elections in Times of Disinformation".
Data from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has found that attacks on the press - both fatal or otherwise - are rife with more than one-thousand journalists killed since 2006 while more than 100 lost their lives for doing their work in 2018 alone.
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