Thousands of journalists flee home countries due to repression, threats, and conflict, according to a UN expert.
Thousands of journalists have fled home countries due to repression, threats, and conflict, according to a UN expert. The number of journalists in exile has increased as the space for independent and critical media shrinks in democratic countries with growing authoritarian trends. In over a third of the world's nations, free, independent, and diverse media supporting democracy are either absent or severely constrained, affecting more than two-thirds of the global population.
May 23, 2024
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