*[Enwl-eng] Guardian: Environment journalists are getting killed for their work

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What happens to environment journalists is chilling: they get killed for their work




https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/18/environment-journalists-killed  




The Committee to Protect Journalists reports that an unprecedented 13 journalists pursuing environmental stories have been killed in the process of doing their work over the past 10 years.

Getting close to unrestrained power can also get you beaten up, harassed, and threatened. That’s what journalists in Russia discovered when they described the impact of a road built through a forest connecting Moscow to St Petersburg. Journalists in Brazil working to expose the rapid expansion of soybean farms into the Amazon had a similar experience; as did journalists in Tanzania, as the Guardian’s new Green Blood series details,when they tried to expose the devastation wrought by mines.

Others engaged directly in environmental activism – often journalists’ sources – also pay a high price. Global Witness reports that 207 environmental activists were killed in 2017, most of whom were opposed to agribusiness and mining projects. Their fate sends a chilling message to journalists inclined to dig deeper.

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From: Victor Postnikov 
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2019 7:29 PM
Subject: Guardian: Environment journalists are getting killed for their work

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