Spiral of violence
Spiral of violence
The phrase “spiral of violence” is from the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) statement commemorating the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists and the 10th anniversary of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists. It is a description of what journalists all over the planet are being subjected to, at times even in their own homes and in the presence of their families.
The Nov. 2 statement expressed alarm over the fact that as of 2021, impunity — the killers of journalists’ escaping prosecution and punishment — was at 86% world-wide. That means that only in three cases out of every 20 journalists killed were the perpetrators punished.
UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay thus called on “stakeholders and governments” across the globe to “redouble their efforts to end impunity for crimes against journalists.”
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