ACCORDING TO UNESCO, BETWEEN 2006 AND 2015,

THE PERPETRATORS HAVE GONE FREE.

EXPOSING CORRUPTION AMONG POWERFUL ACTORS

EXPRESSING OPINIONS ON SENSITIVE ISSUES

REPORTING ON ORGANISEDCRIME

THOSE IN RED HAVE NEVER RESPONDED TO A REQUEST FROM UNESCO AS OF 2NOVEMBER 2016

REPORTING IN CONFLICT ZONES

Freedom of expression disappears and fundamental rights are lost.

UNDERSTANDING THE 2016 UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL’S REPORT ON THE SAFETY OF JOURNALISTS AND THE DANGER OF IMPUNITY

IFEX.ORG/NOIMPUNITY EN.UNESCO.ORG/DG-REPORT

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ALL STATISTICS BASED ON DATA FROM THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO) 2016 REPORT, THE SAFETY OF JOURNALISTS AND THE DANGER OF IMPUNITY AND THE DEDICATED WEBSITE (ABOVE).

THE NEXT UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL’S REPORT ON THE SAFETY OF JOURNALISTS AND THE DANGER OF IMPUNITY WILL BE RELEASED 2 NOVEMBER 2018

Breakingit down

who is targeted?

shocking statistics

WHAT’S THE RESULT?

why are they targeted?

827 journalists have been killed

FOREIGN

LOCAL77150

777

FEMALE

MALE

wHAT HAPPENS IF NO ONE IS PUNISHED?

WHERE IS IMPUNITY A PROBLEM?

UNESCO HOLDS STATES TO ACCOUNT

WHAT NEXT?

THE ROLE OF JOURNALISMIS DIMINISHED

PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO SPEAK UP

SELF-CENSORSHIPBECOMES THE NORM

ISSUES CRITICAL TO THEPUBLIC INTEREST GO UNREPORTED

56

WOMEN FACE UNIQUE THREATS INCLUDING SEXUAL AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

WESTERN EUROPE

AND NORTH AMERICA

MOST DANGEROUS PLACESTO BE A JOURNALIST

JOURNALISTS KILLED BY REGION

70PHILIPPINES

32BRAZIL

58MEXICO

32HONDURAS

ARAB STATES287

AFRICA104LATIN AMERICA

AND THE CARIBBEAN

176

ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

210

36

22 states

IN 2016 UNESCO ASKED 62 STATES FOR INFORMATION ON 784 CASES OF IMPUNITY DATING BACK TO 2006

remained silent 40 states

2 november marks the United Nations international day to end impunity for

crimes against journalists

#noImpunity

OUR RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

AND INFORMATION DEPENDS ON IT.

ON THIS DAY, DEMAND

ACCOUNTABILITY.

responded

CENTRAL AND EASTERN

EUROPE

Each year, UNESCO documents cases of journalists killedand asks States to report on what they are doing TO

justicebring THEkillers to

IN 9 OUT OF 10 CASES,

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DESPITE THIS IMPROVEMENT, ONLY 16% OF CASES REPORTED ON TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL SINCE 2006 HAVE BEEN RESOLVED, REPRESENTING ONLY 8% OF ALL CASES DOCUMENTED BY UNESCO.

14

78SYRIA 22

AFGHANISTAN

23INDIA

144IRAQ

51PAKISTAN

53SOMALIA

THIS FIGURE COMPARES TO JUST 16 STATES IN 2014 AND 27 IN 2015.