Person of the Year: Five facts about The Guardians a group of journalists

The Time Magazine has been chosen “The Guardians” as the person of the year. The weekly has made the fearless warriors of the fourth estate including slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi and Capital Gazette staffers as this year’s ‘Person of the year.’

The magazine has brought out a series of B&W pictures on its cover, and it includes Jamal Khashoggi who was brutally dismembered and killed in the Saudi Consulate in Turkey.

The world would not have known about the plight of Rohingya Muslims, a persecuted minority in Myanmar. The journalists had to face the wrath of the Myanmar Army and have been behind bars for working on tales of torture and genocide by the majority Buddhists and the army perpetrated on Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State.

“The Guardians” also include the journalists at the Capital Gazette and five employees at the Annapolis who were murdered by a gunman last June.

Maria Ressa, chief executive of the Philippine news website Rapplerwas, slapped with tax evasion charges for asking awkward questions voicing dissent under a Philippine government under Rodrigo Duterte which is seen an increasing crackdown on free speech.