Jamal Khashoggi’s ‘Disappearance’ Highlights Growing Threat to Journalists

The threat is growing — and so, too, the toll. Forty-eight journalists have been killed so far this year, according to a VOA tally, adding to the thousand killed in the past decade-and-half. Some died on dangerous reporting assignments in conflict zones as they courted similar risks to combatants and were killed in crossfire or bombings. They include 9 Afghan reporters, among them three from VOA’s sister public broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). All were...

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