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ASNE supports effort to make killing journalists a war crime
- By: ASNE staff
- On: 03/31/2015 09:48:51
- In: Freedom of the press
The American Society of News Editors supports Gary Pruitt's, president and CEO of The Associated Press, call for changes to international laws that would make it a war crime to kill journalists.
The American Society of News Editors supports Gary Pruitt's, president and CEO of The Associated Press, call for changes to international laws that would make it a war crime to kill journalists.
Globally, 61 journalists were killed in the line of duty in 2014, bringing to more than 1,000 the number who have died since 1992, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
ASNE agrees with and supports this call to address the rising violence against journalists.