Transparency International

🔴 Today is World Press Freedom Day.

When journalists are attacked or killed for investigating corruption, effective accountability becomes difficult, and corruption tends to worsen.

This dangerous environment is reflected in the alarming statistics since 2012, when 150 journalists have been killed outside of war zones while reporting on corruption. The majority of these victims died in countries plagued by high levels of corruption, highlighting the deadly risks faced by those who expose wrongdoing.

The Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 highlights how reporting corruption remains a challenging and sometimes risky task for many journalists.

Video description: Graph about corruption and murder of journalists. Since 2012, 150 journalists have been killed for reporting on corruption outside of war zones. Almost all of them died in countries with high levels of corruption. The graph shows red and blue figures representing journalists killed. Most figures are red (139); those are journalists killed in countries with CPI scores in the lower half. Only 11 figures are in blue, representing journalists killed in countries with the CPI score in the top half.