Casualties Database: 2020
Casualties per world region
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Africa
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Americas
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Asia
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Europe
Gender
- Unknown
- Female
- Male
Cause of death
- Beheading
- Crossfire
- Unknown
- Shooting
- Explosion
- Knife attack
- Other non-natural
- Strangulation
Type of media
- Multiple
- Television
- Online
- Radio
Journalists' Deaths
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December 30, 2020 | Yemen
Adeeb al-Janani of Belqees TV Killed in Aden
(1 casualty) -
December 21, 2020 | Afghanistan
Afghan journalist killed in central Ghazni province
(1 casualty) -
December 16, 2020 | Syria
Syrian journalist Hussein Khattab shot dead while reporting in Aleppo governorate
(1 casualty) -
December 12, 2020 | Iran
Ruhollah Zam: Iran executes journalist accused of fanning unrest
(1 casualty)
Media Staff Deaths
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May 30, 2020 | Afghanistan
Journalist killed in Kabul bomb blast targeting TV workers
(1 casualty)
Citizen Journalists
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January 29, 2020 | Iraq
Iraq: Three journalists killed in January, murder attempt on fourth
(1 casualty)
Under Investigation
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October 29, 2020 | Liberia
Chris David shot dead in Liberia
(1 casualty) -
June 18, 2020 | Cameroon
Cameroon: Call for Independent Probe Into Journalist's Death
(1 casualty)