America's prestigious magazine Time Magazine has chosen this year's 'Person of the Year' to many brave journalists around the world. This year's honor of Person of the Year has been given jointly to four journalists and a newspaper. These journalists have been called representatives of countless battles being fought around the world. There are many journalists who have either been murdered or they have to face punishment and harassment for their work.

In addition to the late Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashogi, the journalist of the news agency Reuters closed in the prison by the Myanmar government also included. Time Magazine has published this cover story with the title 'The Guardians and the War on Truth'. These people have received this respect for their struggle for freedom of expression. Time magazine has been honoring Person of the Year title from 1927. At the end of this week, four separate cover magazines have been published. Different honors have been shown in each.

Two journalists of Reuters 32-year-old Va loan and 28-year-old Kyo Soo Ow have been locked in jail for nearly a year by putting a section of a law of the colonial period under the Act of the Official Secrets Act. This case shows how deeply democratic freedom in Myanmar is. The journalists were reporting Rohingya Muslims fleeing from there, which made the government angry.

Journalist of the Washington Post, Jamal Khashogi of Saudi Arabia, went to Saudi consulate in Istanbul to take some papers on October 2 and after that disappeared. Shortly after the incident, the Turks officials said that 15 Saudi Arabian agents sent to Turkey with the intention of killing them killed them under premeditated conspiracy. Khashogi was considered critics of Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia.

Apart from these, the Capital Gazette of Maryland's Anapolis was also selected. In June, five people were killed in the attack on the newspaper office. Also, Philippine journalist Maria Resa was also considered a Guardian of Truth, who was arrested.

American President Donald Trump, who was Time Person of the Year in 2016, was also the main contender this time, but at the end he remained second. Special Counsel Robert Muller, who is examining the 2016 US presidential election, remained in third place.

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