September 16, 2020
BY Rappler
Former radio reporter killed in Sorsogon shooting
A former radio reporter in Sorsogon – now with the Balangibog News Online portal – was gunned down on Monday evening, September 14.
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September 7, 2020
BY UNESCO
Director-General urges investigation into killing of community radio journalist Abelardo Liz in Colombia
The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has condemned the killing of Abelardo Liz, a community radio journalist in the town of Corinto, in the southwestern department of Cauca on 13 August.
September 7, 2020
BY CPJ
Journalists killed in Honduras
On July 1, 2020, two unidentified individuals shot Jorge Posas, a camera operator and technician at the local privately owned TV station Canal 45, and German Vallecillo Jr., a host at the station, while they drove in the residential area of El Naranjal, in the northeastern Honduran city of La Ceiba, according to news reports.
August 14, 2020
BY Reuters
Second journalist killed in Mexico in under a week
Unidentified assailants shot a journalist dead outside his home in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, state prosecutors said on Wednesday, in the second killing of a reporter in the past week.
August 4, 2020
BY CPJ
Photojournalist Christoff Griffith killed at crime scene in Barbados
Authorities in Barbados must thoroughly investigate the killing of photojournalist Christoff Griffith and ensure those responsible are held to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Griffith is the first journalist CPJ has recorded as killed in relation to his work in Barbados.
August 4, 2020
BY the Guardian
Killing of Pakistani anti-corruption journalist sparks protests
The murder of a reporter known for exposing corruption has set off a wave of protests across Pakistan’s western Balochistan province, one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist.
August 4, 2020
BY the Guardian
Mexico journalist gunned down – the fifth to be killed this year
Press groups have called for justice after unidentified gunmen killed a journalist in southern Mexico, along with a police officer assigned to protect him after a 2016 attack.
March 4, 2020
BY CPJ
Syrian journalist killed in Russian airstrikes
Russian and Syrian military forces must ensure the safety of journalists and other civilians and hold those responsible for journalists’ deaths to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
February 26, 2020
BY Guardian
Mexico: first journalist found dead in 2020 after high number of 2019 killings
It has taken just over a week for Mexico – one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists – to record its first murder of a reporter in 2020.
February 26, 2020
BY Al Arabiya
TV journalist Abdiwali Ali Hassan killed by gunmen in Somalia
Gunmen killed a TV and radio journalist in Somalia’s Afgooye district on Sunday, police said.