CFWIJ: Turkey top country in violations against women journalists

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The Coalition for Women in Journalism (CFWIJ) has announced that it recorded 139 incidents of threat, violence and rights violations against women journalists across the world between January and May.

Turkey, Russia and Canada were the three countries with the highest number of violations against women journalists, according to the report.

Five women journalists have been killed since the start of the year and three of them were killed in Ukraine during Russia's invasion of the country.

Turkey was the top country with 63 cases of legal harassment, physical assault, and detention. In Russia, CFWIJ documented 14 cases of legal harassment and physical assault. Canada ranked third with nine cases of major organized troll campaigns and insults.

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