00:00Press freedom is deteriorating around the world.
00:03Today, only 1% of the world's population lives in a country where press freedom is categorized
00:09as good.
00:09According to the Reporters Without Borders Index, the increasing repression of political
00:14regimes in recent years has contributed to this.
00:17For example, in Niger, national and international media outlets have been suspended, and some
00:23journalists have been physically assaulted since the military coup in 2023.
00:28The second reason is the criminalization of journalism, with laws that restrict press
00:33freedom in the name of national security, like in Russia, or abusive applications of the legal
00:39proceedings against journalists, generally for defamation or dissemination of false information.
00:45Like in Guatemala, with journalist Jose Ruben Zamora, he was convicted in 2023 of alleged
00:52money laundering and document forgery after publishing investigations into government corruption.
00:57The conviction was overturned in 2026, and he is set to stand trial again.
01:03Lastly, in some regions, this decline is directly linked to organized crime and armed conflict.
01:10In Gaza, more than 220 journalists have been killed by the Israeli military since the attack
01:15on October 7th, 2023, according to RWB.
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