Farouk Araie writes:
More than 2 500 journalists have been killed since 1990.
Murdering a journalist is the ultimate form of censorship.
Journalists continue to perish and pay the ultimate price for speaking the truth to power.
Many have been jailed.
Imprisonment has become a form of intimidation.
When journalists are killed, democracy dies.
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The shadow of violence continues to loom over the gatekeepers of our cherished freedoms.
Journalists are our eyes and ears.
There is an old motto in journalism: ”You buy the news, we pay the price”.
The first casualty in any conflict is the truth.
The second casualty is the truth-teller, the journalist.
Under the Geneva Convention journalists are to be treated as civilians in times of conflicts. Harming or killing them is a war crime.
Journalists will continue to fall victims to deadly violence when the killing of reporters linger in impunity.
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