
Eight journalists killed in Ukraine war
Covering the war in Ukraine is taking a horrific toll on journalists and media workers both local and international.
Covering the war in Ukraine is taking a horrific toll on journalists and media workers both local and international.
French journalist Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff was killed near the city of Severodonetsk in the east, whilst covering an evacuation operation for broadcaster BFMTV.
Francisca Sandoval, 29, was shot on May 1, 2022 when gunmen opened fire during a Workers’ Day demonstration and subsequent looting in the Barrio Meiggs area of Chile's capital Santiago.
Shireen Abu Akleh was fatally shot in the head on May 11, 2022 whilst on assignment in the West Bank town of Jenin.
The body of journalist Luis Enrique Ramirez Ramos was found on a dirt road in Culiacan, Sinaloa in northern Mexico.
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Lithuanian film director Mantas Kvedaravicius was killed on 2 April in Mariupol, the Ukrainian city he had documented for many years, according to the Ukrainian Defence Ministry and a colleague.
The photographer and videographer Maksim Levin, who worked for Ukrainian news website LB.ua, was killed while covering Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The journalist was killed by shelling in Kyiv while on an editorial assignment for The Insider, a Latvia-based investigative news website.
On Tuesday, March 15, unidentified attackers shot and killed Linares, the co-founder and editor of news website Monitor Michoacán, at his home in the central city of Zitácuaro.
Irish cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski was killed after his vehicle was struck by incoming fire in Horenka, outside Kyiv, Ukraine.
Kuvshinova, 24, was working as a consultant for Fox News when she was struck by incoming fire in Horenka, outside Kyiv, Ukraine.
U.S. video journalist Brent Renaud was killed while reporting in Irpin, a suburb of Kyiv.
Sadurni was a prolific photojournalist who documented human rights struggles, political resistance and gender issues in East Africa.
Juan Carlos Muniz was shot and killed in the central state of Zacatecas on Friday, officials said, the latest in a string of assassinations of media workers this year.
Sakun, 49, was working as a camera operator for the Ukrainian television station LIVE when he was killed during the bombing of Kyiv’s television and radio tower.
Jorge Camero, 28, was in a gym in Empalme, Sonora, when he was attacked according to the Sonora state prosecutor, who said authorities found eight shell casings at the scene.
Journalist Maximilien Lazard was killed by the Haitian National Police after officers opened fire on a protest by textile workers demanding a higher minimum wage in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti.
Television host and model Michelle Perez Tadeo was found dead in a southern neighborhood of Mexico City three days after being reported missing.
Cilla Benkö, CEO and General Director of Swedish Radio & INSI member, welcomes the Swedish Government taking the issue of threats and harassment aimed at journalists seriously.
On January 6 or 7, 2022, members of the Myanmar military’s 140 Infantry Battalion abducted at least 10 people, including journalist Pu Tuidim, amid fighting between the military and anti-government forces in Chin State’s Matupi Township, and later executed them, according to news reports.
Wilguens Louissaint, a local reporter, and Amady John Wesley, who worked for Montreal-based radio station Ecoute FM, were shot while reporting on the ground on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince.
An experienced freelance photojournalist known as Juan Carlos spoke to INSI about his three-month stint in Afghanistan, his many trips across the country, and the time when a car ashtray saved his pictures and, possibly, his life.
Soe Naing was detained in Yangon on Friday December 10 2021 whilst covering a large nationwide 'silent strike' protest against military rule.