"If we want truth to survive and protect democracy, we must protect those who seek it On a cold April night in 2019, Lyra McKee, a journalist working in Northern Ireland, stood on a Derry street watching riots. She was armed with nothing more dangerous than a notebook and a phone. Then a bullet fired by a dissident republican gunman struck her in the head."
"On a cold April night in 2019, Lyra McKee, a journalist working in Northern Ireland, stood on a Derry street watching riots. She was armed with nothing more dangerous than a notebook and a phone. Then a bullet fired by a dissident republican gunman struck her in the head. Lyra was 29 and a writer of rare empathy and conviction. She believed stories could heal Northern Ireland's divisions. Her death reopened them."
Lyra McKee was a 29-year-old journalist in Northern Ireland who believed stories could heal communal divisions. On a cold April night in 2019 she stood on a Derry street watching riots, carrying only a notebook and a phone. A bullet fired by a dissident republican gunman struck her in the head, killing her. Her death reopened long-standing divisions in Northern Ireland and underscored the lethal risks faced by those reporting on conflict. Protecting journalists and other truth-seekers is essential to preserve truth and maintain democratic processes, and communities and institutions must prevent such attacks.
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