On September 16, for the first time ever, the European Commission presented a Recommendation to member states on strengthening the safety of journalists, both online and in everyday life. This is a step in the right direction, writes Cilla Benkö, Director-General and CEO of Swedish Radio.
In the early hours of August 14, Congolese broadcaster Joel Mumbere Musavuli, who worked across television and radio, was assassinated alongside his wife by suspected militiamen.
A radio reporter who covered politics and crime stories has been shot dead in Veracruz, a state on the Mexican Gulf coast.
A suspended police officer and his brother have been arrested on suspicion of stabbing journalist Chennakesavulu to death late on Sunday August 9.
Mexico City, July 28, 2021 – The Committee to Protect Journalist today urged Mexican authorities to immediately and credibly investigate the killing of reporter Ricardo Domínguez López, who went professionally by Ricardo López.
After a weekend marked by serious press freedom violations in different parts of Syria, including a photographer’s death in a bombardment in Idlib province, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for every effort to be made to allow journalists to do their work, regardless of who controls the area where they are operating.
Kandahar- Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui has been killed while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters near a border crossing with Pakistan, an Afghan military official has said.
The Dutch crime reporter Peter R de Vries has died just over a week after he was shot in the head in central Amsterdam, the veteran journalist’s family said in a statement released to local media.
Cameraman Aleksandr “Lekso” Lashkarava died after being seriously injured while covering a counter-demonstration by homophobic far-rightists. Reporters Without Borders demands an in-depth, impartial and transparent official investigation of the circumstances of Lashkarava’s death.
Mexico City, June 29, 2021 — Mexican authorities must undertake a swift and transparent investigation into the killing of media worker Saúl Tijerina Rentería, and determine whether he was targeted for his work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.