Haiti, Israel most likely to let journalists’ murders go unpunished, CPJ 2024 impunity index shows - Committee to Protect Journalists
Reporter Htet Myat Thu (Photo: Voice of
Thanbyuzayat)
10/31/24, 10:37 AM
The murders in Myanmar of reporters Htet
Myat Thu, Win Htut Oo, and Myat Thu Tan
in 2024 mark the worst year in the country
for impunity. Seven of eight journalists
murdered in the index period were killed
after the 2021 coup, after which the junta
jailed dozens of journalists and used broad
anti-state laws to quash independent
reporting.. Htet Myat Thu, a well-known
journalist previously shot and arrested
while reporting on an anti-coup protest,
was killed in a raid on his family home,
along with Win Htut Oo, a close childhood
friend with the exiled Democratic Voice of
Burma. Myat Thu Tan was killed in
detention while being held for critical posts
he made on Facebook, sources said.
More about the top 5 countries on the index
Haiti
Haiti’s rise to the top of the index this year follows the unsolved
murders of seven journalists since 2019.
https://cpj.org/thematic-reports/haiti-israel-most-likely-to-let-journalists-murders-go-unpunished-cpj-2024-impunity-index-shows/
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