联合国秘书长：过去一年至少34名记者被杀 绝大多数凶手未受惩处
在11月2日“终结针对记者犯罪不受惩罚现象国际日”到来之际，联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯发表致辞说，过去一年全球至少有34名记者因报道工作被杀害，而每7起杀害记者案件中就有6起未受惩处。
古特雷斯说，对记者的攻击往往始于言语和法律威胁，升级为恐吓、任意拘留，最终以谋杀告终；记者被噤声，等于让腐败、犯罪和侵犯人权行为得以滋长。他指出，在冲突环境中，杀害记者不受惩处的比例接近100%。
致辞同时提到一项进展：自联合国2012年推出《记者安全和有罪不罚问题行动计划》以来，非冲突环境中的有罪不罚率已从94%降至77%，尽管这一水平依然高得不可接受。
古特雷斯警告，不受惩处的文化会助长更多暴力，削弱民主制度、破坏公众信任；他呼吁各国政府和司法系统对每一起针对记者的犯罪进行迅速、独立和有效的调查，让凶手受到惩处。
UN Secretary-General: At Least 34 Journalists Killed in Past Year, Most Killers Unpunished
In a message for the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, observed on November 2, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said at least 34 journalists have been killed for their work in the past year, and that six out of seven killings of journalists go unpunished.
Guterres said attacks on journalists often begin with verbal and legal threats and escalate to intimidation, arbitrary detention and murder; when journalists are silenced, corruption, crime and human rights abuses flourish. In conflict settings, he said, impunity for killing journalists is close to 100 percent.
He noted one area of progress: since the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists was launched in 2012, impunity in non-conflict settings has fallen from 94 percent to 77 percent, still an unacceptably high level.
Guterres warned that a culture of impunity enables more violence, weakens democratic institutions and erodes public trust, and called on governments and justice systems to investigate every crime against journalists swiftly, independently and effectively.
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