The body of a Libyan journalist abducted on Tuesday was found with hands bounds and 13 bullet wounds in Sabha, which is along one of the main smuggling and transit routes for migrants from sub-Saharan Africa attempting to reach Europe.
A Mexican journalist has been shot dead by two assassins on motorbikes.
The regions of Cauca and Valle del Cauca recently saw the loss of two journalists in less than 24 hours early this month. Although neither had previously reported any threats, their deaths occur at a time of increasing violence against the press.
Three Russians producing a documentary about mercenary forces close to the Kremlin were gunned down in the Central African Republic this week, highlighting the risks that Russian journalists continue to take despite the growing numbers who perish in their line of work.
Somalia’s police shot dead a broadcast journalist yesterday, Garowe Online reported. This is the first killing of a journalist in 2018 as the government battles with corruption within its ranks.
Hard-hitting radio broadcaster Joey Llana was laid to rest on Thursday, July 26, nearly a week after he was gunned down in Daraga town in this province.
The director of a news website that uncovered the actions of drug cartels in Mexico has been shot dead in Playa del Carmen.
Two Mexican media workers were murdered in separate attacks, bringing the total number of journalists killed in Mexico so far in 2018 to at least eight.
Yemeni journalists are facing life threating situations, as they struggle to report on the daily suffering of Yemeni people due to the civil war. The last month took a heavy toll on Yemeni media workers. Citizen journalist Oussama Salem Al-Maqtari (photo to the left) and photojournalist Mohamed Al-Qadesi (photo to the right) were both killed, and journalist Bashir Aklan was injured during military actions in Taiz province.
Five first-degree murder charges were filed Friday against a man accused of targeting Maryland's capital newspaper, shooting his way into the newsroom and killing four journalists and a staffer before police arrested him.