Tuesday is World Press Freedom Day, so declared by the United Nations General Assembly.

This year it falls 250 years after the passage of the world’s first freedom of the press act in Sweden in 1766, as GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump attacks press freedoms by saying he wants to “open up” libel laws so he can sue news outlets.

Since 1992, 1,189 journalists have been killed globally. A Freedom House report last month found 13 percent of the world’s population has a free press — and 46 percent lack it. Today we join a coalition to urge the U.N. Secretary General to appoint a special representative for the safety of journalists to help all reporters work with less fear and more freedom.