Northern Ireland journalists face attacks and death threats, says Amnesty report

A mural of the murdered journalist Lyra McKee in Belfast. File photo

Journalists in Northern Ireland routinely face attacks and death threats from paramilitary and organised crime groups that act with impunity, according to Amnesty International.

Reporters have been physically assaulted and told they will be shot, stabbed, raped or blown up, making Northern Ireland the most dangerous place in the UK for journalism, a report said on Tuesday.