A new roundup report was published today by Reporters Without Borders.
A total of 54 journalists are currently being held hostage worldwide, versus 40 this time last year – a 35% increase.
Journalists are easy targets for radical groups such as the Islamic State and Al-Nusra Front, who use them not only for ransoms or leverage but also, and above all to impose a reign of terror and to silence their critics. It comes as no surprise that the most dangerous country is Syria, where entire regions are now “information black holes.”
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