Journalists face growing threat

The bomb attack that shook the headquarters of Skai TV and Kathimerini in the early hours of Monday may have been distressing and deplorable, but it certainly wasn't an isolated incident.

Committee to Protect Journalists representative Gulnoza Said, who heads the US-based nongovernmental organization's research efforts in Europe and Central Asia, thinks that the increased risk to journalists that we see today is becoming the new normal.

"We are about to publish our annual press freedom report later in the week, and I can tell you with confidence that the data tell an alarming story," said Said, adding that attacks against journalists are on the rise everywhere.

According to the NGO's research, this year 100 journalists were killed, 251 reporters were put behind bars, and dozens of physical and verbal attacks against media groups were recorded.

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