Skip linksSkip to Content Live Navigation menuNewsAfricaAsiaUS & CanadaLatin AmericaEuropeAsia PacificMiddle EastExplainedOpinionSportVideoFeaturesEconomyHuman RightsClimate CrisisInvestigationsInteractivesIn PicturesScience & TechnologyPodcastsTravel Live Navigation menuTrendingRussia-Ukraine warTracking Israeli ceasefire violationsSudan warDonald TrumpKilling of journalists “likely to become more common”QuotableUN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan says killing journalists is a war crime under international law and that the international community has a responsibility to put an end to it.Published On 7 Dec 2025
SRCAl Jazeera
LANGEN
LEANCenter
WORDS65
ENT1
SUN · 2025-12-07 · 11:48 GMTBRIEF NSR-2025-1207-1386
NSR-2025-1207-1386News Report·EN·Human Rights
Killing of journalists “likely to become more common”
According to a news report published on December 7, 2025, the killing of journalists is likely to become more common. UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan stated that the killing of journalists constitutes a war crime under international law.
Al JazeeraFiled 2025-12-07 · 11:48 GMTLean · CenterRead · 1 min
Al JazeeraFIG 01
Reading time
1min
Word count
65words
Sources cited
1cited
Entities identified
1entities
Quality score
100%
§ 01
Briefing Summary
AI-generatedNEWSAR · AI
According to a news report published on December 7, 2025, the killing of journalists is likely to become more common. UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan stated that the killing of journalists constitutes a war crime under international law. Khan emphasized the international community's responsibility to stop these killings. The report highlights the increasing danger faced by journalists globally and the need for international action to protect them. The article suggests a concerning trend of violence against journalists and the potential for it to worsen.
Confidence 0.85Sources 1Claims 3Entities 1
§ 02
Article analysis
Model · rule-basedFraming
Human Rights
Legal & Judicial
Tone
Mixed Tone
AI-assessed
CalmNeutralAlarmist
Factuality
0.60 / 1.00
Mixed
LowHigh
Sources cited
1
Limited
FewMany
§ 03
Key claims
3 extracted01
Killing journalists is a war crime under international law
quoteUN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan
Confidence
1.00
02
The international community has a responsibility to put an end to it.
quoteUN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan
Confidence
0.90
03
Killing of journalists “likely to become more common”
predictionnull
Confidence
0.70
§ 04
Full report
1 min read · 65 words§ 05
Entities
1 identifiedKey playerOppositionContext
§ 06
Keywords & salience
7 termskilling of journalists
1.00
war crime
0.80
international law
0.70
freedom of the press
0.60
irene khan
0.50
un special rapporteur
0.50
international community
0.40
§ 07
Topic connections
Interactive graph No topic relationship data available yet. This graph will appear once topic relationships have been computed.