2397 casualties all countries
| Article | Media type | Gender | Cause of death |
| 3 May 2012 | MEXICO Esteban Rodriguez | Male | Torture | |
| 3 May 2012 | MEXICO Gabriel Huge | Male | Torture | |
| 3 May 2012 | MEXICO Guillermo Luna | Male | Torture | |
| 3 May 2012 | MEXICO Irasema Becerra | Unknown | Female | Torture |
| 2 May 2012 | MALAYSIA Gaing anak Kunding | Male | Road accident | |
| 2 May 2012 | MALAYSIA Patricia Yiu | Female | Road accident | |
| 2 May 2012 | SOMALIA Farhan Jeemis Abdulle | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 30 April 2012 | PHILIPPINES Rommel "Jojo" Palma | Radio | Male | Shooting |
| 28 April 2012 | NIGERIA Fidelis Okhani | Television | Male | Road accident |
| 28 April 2012 | MEXICO Regina Martinez | Female | Beating |
Killing the Messenger is INSI’s annual report of journalism casualties from around the world. The statistics are compiled by monitoring press reports of journalists, media workers and citizen journalists killed as a result of their job which are then checked and verified by the Cardiff School of Journalism.
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