Safety of Journalists

This sub-sub-indicator measures abuses against media and against journalists in connection with their work: i) bodily harm (including murder, violence, arrest, detention, enforced disappearance and abduction), ii) psychological or emotional distress that could result from intimidation, coercion, harassment, surveillance, doxing (publication of personal information with malicious intent), degrading or hateful speech, smears and other threats targeting journalists or their loved-ones, and iii) professional harm (for example, the loss of one’s job, the confiscation of professional equipment, or the ransacking of installations).