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2025 Ends With 128 Journalists Killed as Gaza Deaths Drive FIP’s Call for a UN Protection Pact

Press‑freedom monitors press for a binding UN pact alongside public registries of investigations to confront entrenched impunity.

Overview

  • Global watchdog FIP confirms 128 journalist deaths in 2025, with 56 in Palestine and 74 across the Middle East and Arab world.
  • FIP condemns authorities’ failures to protect media workers and urges a United Nations convention to guarantee journalists’ safety and independence.
  • RELE/CIDH reports at least 27 journalist killings in Latin America in 2025 and warns that securing justice commonly takes years or even decades.
  • Peru’s ANP/OFIP documents 458 attacks on journalists and outlets in 2025, including four murders, with over 70% of aggressions attributed to state officials and security forces.
  • FIP notes a slight rise from 2024 and a cumulative 3,173 journalist deaths since 1990, alongside 533 journalists imprisoned worldwide, with China and Israel among the highest counts.