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February 12, 2019 BY INSI

Reporting on natural disasters

As Tropical Storm Pabuk lashes coastal villages in southern Thailand, INSI has some advice for journalists covering natural disasters. 

February 10, 2019 BY CNN

Mexican journalist was sitting in a restaurant having breakfast when he was shot and killed

Jesus Eugenio Ramos Rodriguez was at breakfast Saturday morning when he became the second journalist murdered in Mexico this year.

February 7, 2019 BY Cilla Benkö

Media Freedom under threat in Europe

The importance of free media for democracy can hardly be exaggerated. Still, we can see a development across the world where the very cornerstones of liberal democracy are being challenged in a way they haven't been for a very long time.

February 5, 2019 BY The National

Abu Dhabi TV cameraman killed in Yemen market bombing

A cameraman from Abu Dhabi TV has been killed in a bomb attack in Yemen.

February 5, 2019 BY Reuters

Two Afghan journalists killed as gunmen open fire in radio station

Two Afghan journalists were killed on Tuesday night when gunmen entered a radio station and opened fire, authorities said.

January 30, 2019 BY INSI

Afghanistan, Mexico, US top list of deadliest countries

The number of media workers killed for doing their jobs rose to 73 last year, with countries not traditionally regarded as hostile environments among the most dangerous places for journalists, according to INSI’s 2018 Killing the Messenger report.

January 22, 2019 BY Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas

First journalist killed in Mexico in 2019

A journalist who denounced receiving threats was found dead in Baja California Sur after having been reported as disappeared earlier in the day.

January 21, 2019 BY Al Jazeera

Photojournalist Mohamed Ben Khalifa killed in Libya

Photographer and video journalist Mohamed Ben Khalifa was killed on Saturday by a stray shell south of Tripoli while on the job.

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.

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.

January 7, 2019 BY Hannah Storm

A message from the Director

Hannah Storm has announced her resignation as Director of the International News Safety Institute (INSI). She will leave the organisation in March.

January 3, 2019 BY INSI

Schibsted Norway joins INSI

The International News Safety Institute (INSI) is delighted to welcome the Norwegian arm of the Schibsted Media Group to the INSI network. 

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 12, 2018 BY Hannah Storm

Without journalism safety, there can be no press freedom

Since I joined the International News Safety Institute (INSI) in 2010, hundreds of journalists have been killed around the world. In that time, thousands of our colleagues have courageously continued their work despite frequent threats against them and those closest to them.

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 27, 2018 BY INSI

INSI News In November

We marked International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists in November by remembering colleagues who have been killed this year doing their work.

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.

November 5, 2018 BY Cristina Zahar

Press vows to keep Brazil's Bolsonaro in check

Jair Bolsonaro’s campaign for the Brazilian presidency was notable for its aggressive, right-wing tone, particularly the attacks he made on the media.

November 1, 2018 BY Cilla Benkö

"Those who threaten and murder journalists must be punished"

Today, 2 November, is the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists.

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 INSI

Reporters murdered amid rising anti-media rhetoric

High profile killings, threats and angry rhetoric against journalists and news outlets made October a particularly dangerous month for members of the media trying to do their jobs around the world.

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.