International Day to end impunity for crimes against journalists

With over 30 journalists killed in the Middle East, the need to protect them and hold perpetrators to account has never been so important.

International law mandates the protection of journalists in conflicts, and crimes committed against journalists must lead to sentencing.

Swedish Radio's Cilla Benkö, reflects on the threats to journalists and democracy, home and aboard, and the need for them to be protected.

In nine cases out of ten, around the world, a person who kills a journalist is not punished. Read Cilla Benkö's op-ed calling for an end to impunity for crimes against journalists.