UNESCO reports an increase in violence and threats against environmental journalists worldwide.
UNESCO, the cultural arm of the United Nations, has reported an increase in violence and threats against journalists and environmental reporters by both private and government sectors.
According to a report by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Agency released on Friday, at least 40 environmental journalists have been killed between 2009 and 2023.
Out of 44 journalists and reporters who were killed while covering environmental issues, only five cases have led to the conviction of the perpetrators.
In the past five years alone, 305 attacks on these journalists have been reported.
In Iran, journalists and environmental activists have also always been under pressure.
