{"id":16967,"date":"2025-11-02T15:28:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T14:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=16967"},"modified":"2025-11-02T15:28:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T14:28:41","slug":"guterres-warns-of-escalating-risks-faced-by-journalists-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=16967","title":{"rendered":"Guterres Warns of Escalating Risks Faced by Journalists Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New York (United Nations)<\/strong> \u2013 United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres issued a stark warning on Sunday regarding the increasing dangers faced by journalists and media professionals globally. He highlighted the growing threats they encounter while pursuing truth and reporting on critical issues.<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary-General emphasized that the safety and security of journalists are paramount to ensuring a free and informed society. He noted a disturbing trend of rising violence, intimidation, and censorship targeting media workers in various regions around the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Journalists play a vital role in holding power accountable and providing citizens with the information they need to make informed decisions,&#8221; Guterres stated. &#8220;When journalists are attacked, silenced, or imprisoned, it undermines democracy and the rule of law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He further elaborated on the diverse forms of threats journalists face, including physical assault, online harassment, arbitrary detention, and even targeted killings. He stressed that impunity for crimes against journalists remains a significant challenge, encouraging member states to strengthen their legal frameworks and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice.<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary-General called upon governments, civil society organizations, and media outlets to work together to create a safer and more enabling environment for journalists to operate freely and without fear. He reiterated the UN&#8217;s commitment to supporting media freedom and protecting journalists worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><em>DZWatch<\/em> remains committed to reporting on press freedom issues and advocating for the safety of journalists around the globe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=44\">More News articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York (United Nations) \u2013 United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres issued a stark warning on Sunday regarding the increasing dangers faced by journalists and media professionals globally. He highlighted the growing threats they encounter while pursuing truth and report&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16967"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16969,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16967\/revisions\/16969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}