INSI's annual report of media casualties, Killing the Messenger 2023, is out now.
As the toxicity of the public discourse about the Israeli and Palestinian issue clouds pretty much everything, we risk losing perspective as to why we keep and publish this tally of dead journalists in the first place.
This year we marked INSI’s 20th anniversary. It now feels like a small miracle that we managed to squeeze in a proper in-person celebration in London, attended by INSI’s 50 member organisations and other allies, just before the awful events of October 7th.
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INSI has joined a coalition of 2000+ journalists, media workers and organisations calling for an end to the killing of journalists in Gaza and the wider region, and for the protection of all journalists by all parties.
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Covering the war in Ukraine is taking a horrific toll on journalists and media workers both local and international. The number of deaths and disappearances among Ukrainian and independent journalists, in particular, has been utterly devastating.
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The 2023 Annual General Meeting of the International News Safety Institute (INSI) will take place online on 12 December 2023, at 1pm.
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For two decades now, the International News Safety Institute has worked tirelessly to protect journalists and their ability to report on the most important and difficult stories around the world.
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At least 31 journalists have been killed so far in the war between Israel and Hamas, and many more have been wounded, imprisoned or gone missing, writes director general of Swedish Radio and INSI board member Cilla Benkö on International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists.
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Phil Chetwynd, Global News Director of INSI member AFP, remembers journalist Arman Soldin, who was killed in eastern Ukraine on May 9, 2023.
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Having free access to information and allowing all voices to be heard – or not. That’s what freedom of speech and freedom of the press are ultimately about, and why we must all cherish and defend free journalism, writes INSI board member & director of Swedish Radio Cilla Benkö.
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With 85 journalists killed, 2022 saw a grim jump in the number of journalist and media worker casualties. That represents a startling rise: over 50 per cent more journalists died than during the previous year.
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