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The issue of impunity for crimes against journalists has become more prominent after the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, killed at Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul. The Turkish Chief Prosecutor's Office announced on Wednesday that the Washington Post columnist and moderate critic of the Saudi regime had been killed as soon as he entered the consulate on 2 October.
His assassination follows the assassination of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in a car bomb in October 2017.
Caruana Galizia had participated in the investigation of foreign wealth in the Panama Papers and was investigating allegations of corruption in Maltese politics at the time of her death.
His sons, Matthew and Andrew Caruana Galizia, led the campaign to determine who was responsible for the murder of their mother and frequently spoke on the issue of freedom of the press.
Friday marks the United Nations International Day Against Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, chosen to commemorate the murder of two French journalists in Mali on November 2, 2013.
The Eiffel Tower in Paris is darkened Thursday night to mark the coup.
According to a UN statement, some 1,010 journalists have been killed for doing their job in the past 12 years and nine out of 10 murders go unpunished.
The organization called on countries to prevent violence against journalists and to bring their perpetrators to justice.
"These past weeks have once again demonstrated the toxic nature and the outrageous scope of political incitement against journalists, and we ask that it stop," said the UN.
You can find out more about journalists killed for doing their work using #TruthNeverDies.
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