Geneva, 18 December 2025: The year 2025 emerged as the deadliest year for journalists since the beginning of the century, after 2024. According to the tally of the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), 161 media professionals were killed in 31 countries (179 in 2024). At least 60 journalists were killed in the Gaza Strip, almost all of them victims of Israeli strikes. Since the start of hostilities triggered by Hamas on 7 Octob
