Press Freedom Status For Women Journalists: May 2022

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May has been the deadliest month for women journalists this year with at least five documented killings. Shireen Abu Akleh was shot dead by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank, Francisca Sandoval was gunned down during protests in Chile, Yessenia Mollinedo Falconi and Sheila Johana García Olivera were killed outside a grocery store in Mexico. The former two were on the job when they were killed and the latter two were targeted for their work. In Afghanistan, Maryam Madadi was killed in a series of explosions that targeted passenger buses in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif. 

 
 

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