January 17, 2019
BY BBC News
Ahmed Hussein-Suale: Ghana journalist shot dead
A Ghanaian undercover journalist has been shot dead as he drove home, after a politician called for retribution against him.
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Journalists Under Attack
January 17, 2019
BY RSF
Taliban execute citizen journalist
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns Afghan citizen-journalist Javid Noori’s summary execution by Taliban fighters at a roadblock in the western province of Farah on 5 January.
December 22, 2018
BY BBC
Top Somali journalist among Mogadishu bomb victims
One of Somalia's most prominent journalists is among at least a dozen people killed in bomb attacks in the capital Mogadishu, reports say.
December 17, 2018
BY The Local
Italian journalist dies after being shot in Strasbourg Christmas market attack
Italian reporter Antonio Megalizzi and his colleague Barto Pedro Orent-Niedzielski have died of their injuries, bringing the number of people killed in the attack to five.
December 11, 2018
BY Express Tribune
Journalist shot dead, another injured in Peshawar
A journalist was gunned down with his colleague sustaining serious injuries after being targeted by unidentified assailants in Peshawar on Monday.
December 3, 2018
BY Aztec Reports
Another journalist found dead one day after presidential inauguration
The body of Mexican news reporter, Jesus Alejandro Márquez Jiménez, was identified on Sunday after being found by the side of the Tepic-Pantanal highway in the state of Nayarit.
November 26, 2018
BY CNN
Syrian radio host who satirized Assad and ISIS shot dead
A Syrian radio host who satirized both President Bashar al-Assad and opposition insurgents including ISIS has been shot dead in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province, the Syrian Journalists Association said Saturday.
October 31, 2018
BY International Federation of Journalists
Two journalists killed in separate attacks in less than 24 hours
In less than 24 hours, two journalists have been killed in attacks in Chhattisgargh and Jharkhand, India. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists, India (NUJI) and the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) have condemned the murders and demand immediate action from the Indian government to end the culture of impunity and violence against media workers.
October 30, 2018
BY BBC News
India journalist and police killed in 'Maoist attack'
A cameraman from India's national broadcaster, Doordarshan, and two policemen have been killed in an alleged attack by Maoist rebels.
October 28, 2018
BY Financial Express
Somali journalist shot dead outside Mogadishu
Armed men shot dead a radio journalist outside Mogadishu on Saturday evening, police and the journalist union confirmed.
October 22, 2018
BY The Guardian
Saudi Arabia admits Khashoggi killed but claims he died in 'fistfight'
Turkish investigators are likely to find out what happened to the body of Jamal Khashoggi before long, a senior official has said, after Saudi Arabia admitted for the first time that the journalist was killed in its Istanbul consulate.
October 16, 2018
BY The News
Journalist Sohail Khan shot dead in Haripur
Unidentified armed assailants gunned down journalist Sohail Khan in Haripur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
October 11, 2018
BY Deutsche Welle
Mexican journalist shot dead at restaurant
Sergio Martinez Gonzalez, the editor of a local news outlet in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, was shot dead Wednesday morning, the latest victim in Mexico's wave of journalist murders.
October 8, 2018
BY Time
Bulgarian Television Journalist Viktoria Marinova Was Raped and Killed
The body of Bulgarian journalist Viktoria Marinova was found in a park on Saturday, making her the third journalist to have been murdered in the European Union in a year, the Guardian reports.
September 22, 2018
BY Reuters
Mexican journalist Mario Gomez killed while leaving his home
A Mexican journalist was murdered in the southern state of Chiapas on Friday, authorities and his employer said, the latest attack against the press in one of the world’s most dangerous countries for media workers.
September 16, 2018
BY Committee to Protect Journalists
Omar Ezzi Mohammad
Radio engineer Omar Ezzi Mohammad was killed in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike that hit the Ansar Allah-controlled Al-Maraweah Radio Broadcasting Center, in al-Maraweah district in Hodeida Governorate. The attack killed two of the station’s security guards--Ali Aish Mohammad Youssef and Jamaie Abdullah Musib--as well as a farmer who was in the vicinity of the building at the time of the attack, according to the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate and Yemeni TV station Belqees.
September 12, 2018
BY UNESCO
Director-General condemns killing of journalist Ahmed al-Hamzi in Yemen
The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, today condemned the killing of journalist Ahmed al-Hamzi in Al-Bayda Governorate, in central Yemen on 30 August, and called for improved safety measures for journalists working in conflict situations.
September 6, 2018
BY CNN
Two journalists among 20 killed in wrestling club blasts in Kabul
Two journalists were among 20 people killed in Kabul in twin bomb attacks on a wrestling club on Wednesday, with the second blast targeting media and emergency services at the scene of the initial explosion.
August 29, 2018
BY Knight Center for Journalism
Third Mexican journalist murdered in span of two months in Quintana Roo
Another journalist has been killed in Quintana Roo, the third media professional to be murdered in the Mexican state in the past two months. Motives behind his death are still unclear, but journalists and media organizations are calling on authorities to explore all possible lines of investigation.
August 27, 2018
BY Mwebantu
Tragedy as ZNBC cameraman dies while filming a funeral procession in Kabwe
A ZNBC Cameraman has died after falling off a moving vehicle while filming a funeral procession in Kabwe, the organisation has announced.
August 24, 2018
BY Knight Center
Radio journalist killed in Bahia is fourth Brazilian journalist killed in 2018
Brazilian radio journalist Marlon de Carvalho Araújo, 37, was murdered on Aug. 16 inside his home in Riachão de Jacuípe, Bahia, in the northeastern region of Brazil. Police suspect that the crime was motivated by his "aggressive way of providing the news," reported site G1.
August 16, 2018
BY The Shift
Journalist abducted in Libya found – bound, tortured and 13 bullet wounds
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.
August 8, 2018
BY Press Gazette
Mexican journalist shot dead by motorbike assassins is eighth killed in country so far this year
A Mexican journalist has been shot dead by two assassins on motorbikes.
August 8, 2018
BY Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas
Authorities investigate motives behind murders of two journalists killed in southwestern Colombia
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.
August 1, 2018
BY Washington Post
Russian filmmakers killed in Africa were investigating mercenaries close to the Kremlin
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.
July 27, 2018
BY Middle East Monitor
Somalia’s police kill journalist in Mogadishu
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.
July 26, 2018
BY Rappler
Albay broadcaster Joey Llana laid to rest
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.
July 25, 2018
BY Newsweek
Playa del Carmen Journalist: Who is Ruben Pat?
The director of a news website that uncovered the actions of drug cartels in Mexico has been shot dead in Playa del Carmen.
July 24, 2018
BY Al Jazeera
Two Mexican journalists killed in separate attacks
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.
July 16, 2018
BY AFP
Journalist killed in south Syria fighting: state media
A Syrian journalist working with a pro-regime television network has been killed in the southern province of Quneitra, where government forces are battling rebels, state media said Monday.
July 2, 2018
BY GCHR
Yemen: Journalists Oussama Salem Almaqtari and Mohamed Al-Qadesi killed in Taiz
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.
June 29, 2018
BY CBC
Maryland man charged with 5 counts of murder in newspaper shooting
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.
June 25, 2018
BY CPJ
Local radio journalist killed in northern Brazil
Brazilian authorities should conduct a thorough and credible investigation into the killing of radio journalist Jairo Sousa, who was shot dead in northern Pará state yesterday, and bring those responsible to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
June 24, 2018
BY The Inquirer
Gunmen kill businessman with ties to Ecija media
A 51-year-old businessman with ties to a media organization was shot dead before Saturday midnight by unidentified motorcycle-riding men along Mabini St. in Barangay (village) Quezon District here.
June 15, 2018
BY The Guardian
Kashmir journalist shot dead in Srinagar alongside bodyguards
A leading journalist and editor who worked for peace in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir has been shot dead along with his bodyguards.
June 7, 2018
BY Rappler
Journalist shot dead by riding-in-tandem gunmen in Davao del Norte town
A journalist was shot dead by riding-in-tandem gunmen in Panabo City, Davao del Norte on Thursday, June 7.
May 30, 2018
BY CBS
Chicago Video Blogger Fatally Shot After Club Visit
The founder of a YouTube website that features Chicago musical talent was shot to death as he drove along a downtown street.
May 30, 2018
BY Al Jazeera
Mexican journalist Hector Gonzalez Antonio beaten to death
A journalist with the national newspaper Excelsior has been killed in Mexico, the sixth media worker murdered in the country this year and the third this month
May 28, 2018
BY ABC
TV anchor, photojournalist killed when tree falls on vehicle in western NC
A North Carolina state trooper says a tree fell across a highway, crushing a vehicle from a South Carolina television station and killing a TV anchor and photojournalist.
May 25, 2018
BY Al Jazeera
Alicia Diaz Gonzalez: Fifth Mexican journalist killed in 2018
Journalist Alicia Diaz Gonzalez was found dead on Thursday at her home in Monterrey, northern Mexico, having apparently been severely beaten.
May 18, 2018
BY Committee to Protect Journalists
Unknown gunmen kill Syrian journalist in eastern Daraa
Two unknown gunmen killed Ibrahim al-Munjar, a correspondent for the Syrian news website Sy24 in the southern Syrian province of Daraa. Al-Munjar was killed in the city of Saida on May 17, according to his employer, news reports, and the Syrian Journalists Association.
May 16, 2018
BY The Guardian
'They went to execute him': fourth Mexican journalist killed so far in 2018
Yet another Mexican journalist has been assassinated as attacks on media workers in the country continue unabated.
May 2, 2018
BY Rappler
Dumaguete radio broadcaster dies one day after attack
A radio broadcaster from Dumaguete City died on Tuesday, May 1, a day after being shot by unidentified motorcycle-riding gunmen.
April 30, 2018
BY Wall Street Journal
Nine Journalists Among Dozens Killed by Kabul Bombs
In one of the deadliest days for journalists anywhere, nine Afghan reporters, photographers and cameramen were killed Monday in coordinated suicide bombings in the heavily fortified heart of Afghanistan’s capital.
April 30, 2018
BY BBC
BBC reporter Ahmad Shah killed in Afghanistan attack
A BBC reporter has been killed in an attack in the eastern Afghan province of Khost.
April 30, 2018
BY INSI
10 journalists killed in day of bloodshed in Afghanistan
An appalling attack in the Afghan capital Kabul has killed nine journalists including Shah Marai from INSI member AFP.
April 25, 2018
BY Anadolu
Palestinian journalist shot by Israel dies of wounds
A Palestinian journalist succumbed to wounds sustained by Israeli shooting while covering anti-occupation rallies along border of the Gaza Strip, according to the Health Ministry.
April 25, 2018
BY Thomson Reuters
Afghan media safety in the spotlight as gunmen kill journalist
Gunmen killed an Afghan journalist on his way to work in the southern city of Kandahar on Tuesday, officials said, an attack that highlights the risks faced by media workers in Afghanistan.
April 23, 2018
BY CPJ
Reporter for pro-opposition news agency killed in air strike
Obeida abu Omar, a reporter for the pro-opposition Damaski Media Agency, was killed in an airstrike on March 21, 2018, in the rebel-held eastern Ghouta area of Syria, outside of Damascus, according to the Syrian Journalists Association, his employer, and news reports.
April 23, 2018
BY the Guardian
Journalist shot dead while broadcasting live in Nicaragua
The death toll from anti-government protests in Nicaragua has risen to 25 as the national police were accused of using live rounds against demonstrators.