That the Parliament notes with great concern the findings of the publication, Mapping Media Freedom 2017; notes that this annual report, which is produced by the Index on Censorship in partnership with the European Federation of Journalists and Reporters Without Borders, monitors the media environment in 42 European and other countries; understands that the latest edition records 1,089 reports of limitations to press freedom, with a majority of violations coming from official or governmental bodies; deeply regrets the loss of the professionals who it believes were killed in 2017 while conducting their duties, including the Maltese journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia, the Swedish freelancer, Kim Wall, the Syrian investigative mother and daughter team based in Turkey, Orouba and Halla Barakat, and three Russian journalists, Nikolai Andrushchenko, Yevgeny Khamaganov and Dmitri Popkov; condemns what it sees as the day-to-day challenges facing journalists who are seeking to hold power to account; notes the report's findings that 220 media workers were arrested or detained, 178 were physically assaulted and 367 experienced incidents such as psychological abuse, sexual harassment, trolling/cyberbullying and defamation; criticises the reported deliberate silencing of people and organisations by economic, political or criminal interests, including the 192 cases of criminal charges or civil litigation and 112 legal measures that were raised against journalists in 2017, and credits the report’s authors for what it believes are their continued endeavours to defend media freedom and protect journalists.