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15 reporters killed since 1997

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    A total of 15 journalists have been killed while working in Sierra Leone in the last three years, according to research carried out by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

    Most of those killed were local reporters hunted down by Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels in reprisal for their work. According to CPJ, rebels murdered at least 13 reporters since 1997, including eight killed during their three-week invasion of the capital, Freetown, in January 1999.

    The latest victims were two foreign journalists killed during a rebel ambush northeast of the capital on Wednesday.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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