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“Ibrahim was so quiet, but he had a great eye and developed himself over the years and became one of the best cameramen in the area. When he died, our whole office was devastated. We don’t know who killed him. We can’t be sure, it’s Syria. And Syria is the most dangerous place in the world to be a journalist.” 

—Ghaith Hammour, editor at Syrian news organization SY24, remembering Ibrahim al-Munjar, a 26-year-old journalist murdered outside his home in May 2018. More than 30 journalists, including al-Munjar and the Washington Post’s Jamal Khashoggi, were killed in 2018. “‘Killed for speaking the truth’: nine journalists murdered in 2018,” The Guardian, Dec. 5, 2018.

• Editorial Comment: Anti-press incitement can be fatal.




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