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The RSF
highlights growing authoritarian
on journalists. It wrote: "Political pressure on the
is intensifying, authoritarian
are growing, and the media market is heavily weakened....The Index's analysis highlights an
deterioration in the conditions for journalism in many parts of the world." The Index describes a worrying trend across the
. It says there was a "systematic
" of attacks on journalists in the USA. It said that in Russia, "laws designed to combat terrorism,
and extremism" were used to "restrict press freedom". RSF said "67 media
killed in the past year were victims of war or criminal
".