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French journalist killed in eastern Ukraine

Journalist shot during Workers’ Day demonstration in Santiago, Chile

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.

Al-Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh killed in Jenin, West Bank

Shireen Abu Akleh was fatally shot in the head on May 11, 2022 whilst on assignment in the West Bank town of Jenin.

Journalist found dead in northern Mexico

The body of journalist Luis Enrique Ramirez Ramos was found on a dirt road in Culiacan, Sinaloa in northern Mexico.

Lithuanian documentary filmmaker killed in Mariupol

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.

Ukrainian photographer Maksim Levin killed

The photographer and videographer Maksim Levin, who worked for Ukrainian news website LB.ua, was killed while covering Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Russian journalist Oksana Baulina dies under shelling in Kyiv

The journalist was killed by shelling in Kyiv while on an editorial assignment for The Insider, a Latvia-based investigative news website.

Mexican journalist Armando Linares shot and killed in Zitácuaro

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.

Fox News cameraman killed by shelling in Ukraine

Irish cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski was killed after his vehicle was struck by incoming fire in Horenka, outside Kyiv, Ukraine.

Ukrainian producer Oleksandra 'Sasha' Kuvshinova, who worked with Fox News in Ukraine, killed in shelling attack

Kuvshinova, 24, was working as a consultant for Fox News when she was struck by incoming fire in Horenka, outside Kyiv, Ukraine.

Journalist Brent Renaud is killed while reporting on the war in Ukraine

U.S. video journalist Brent Renaud was killed while reporting in Irpin, a suburb of Kyiv. 

Sumy Sadurni, photojournalist whose focus was East Africa, dies in car crash

Mexican crime reporter killed in Zacatecas, Mexico

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.

Russian military forces shelled a television tower in Kyiv, Ukraine, killing five people including camera operator Yevhenii Sakun.

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.

Gunmen kill journalist in Meixcan state of Sonora

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.

Haitian police kill a journalist covering a protest

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 reporter found dead in southern neighborhood of Mexico City

Television host and model Michelle Perez Tadeo was found dead in a southern neighborhood of Mexico City three days after being reported missing.

Journalist Pu Tuidim abducted and killed in Myanmar

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.

Two journalists killed by gang in Haiti

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.

Freelance photojournalist dies in military custody in Myanmar

Soe Naing was detained in Yangon on Friday December 10 2021 whilst covering a  large nationwide 'silent strike' protest against military rule.

Filipino journalist killed in drive-by shooting

Jesus "Jess" Malabanan, 58, a journalist, was shot dead by unknown gunmen in the province of Samar on 8 December, 2021.

Prominent Somali journalist killed in targeted suicide attack

Abdiaziz Mohamud Guled, also known as Abdiaziz Afrika, was killed on November 20, 2021, in an al-Shabaab targeted suicide attack in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital.

Reporter and activist in Eastern Indian state of Bihar found dead

Avinash Jha, also known as Buddhinath Jha, was an online news reporter for BNN News.

Yemeni journalist killed in car bomb attack

Yemeni journalist Rasha Abdullah al-Harazi was killed in a car bomb attack in the city of Aden.

Pakistani blogger killed for his work

An independent blogger, Muhammad Zada Agra, was murdered in the Malakand district of the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan.

Alfredo Cardoso Echevarría, a journalist, killed in Acapulco, Mexico

Cardoso founded and edited an online news magazine called Las Dos Costas.

Mexican journalist Fredy López shot

On October 28, López was shot several times by an unidentified man outside his home in San Cristobal de las Casas, in the Mexican state of Chiapas.

TV reporter Shahid Zehri killed in targeted explosion

A TV journalist was killed on October 10, 2021 in a car explosion in the southern Pakistani town of Hub, around 12 miles west of Karachi. Shahid Zehri, 35, worked for the Metro 1 News channel as a broadcast reporter. The ethnic separatist group Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for the attack in a press release.



 

Indian freelancer Raman Kashyap killed while covering a protest

The freelance journalist contributed to the local news channel Sadhna Plus TV. He was found dead on October 4, 2021

Mexican journalist murdered in Morelos

Manuel González Reyes was gunned down by two men on a motorcycle in the district of Cuernavaca on the afternoon of September 28.

Indian journalist killed whilst covering a rescue mission

Arindam Das, a journalist who worked for Network OTV, was killed on September 24, 2021, whilst filming a rescue operation of an elephant.

Freelance journalist shot in western Colombian city of Tuluá

Marcos Efraín Montalvo worked as a reporter since the 1970s.

Journalist and his wife murdered after receiving threats from militia forces

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.

Reporter Jacinto Romero Flores killed in Veracruz, Mexico

A radio reporter who covered politics and crime stories has been shot dead in Veracruz, a state on the Mexican Gulf coast.

Indian Broadcast Reporter murdered in Bihar state

Manish Kumar Singh was a reporter for the Hindi-language news channel Sudarshan TV who went missing on August 8, 2021, in the East Champaran district of Bihar.

Indian journalist murdered, allegedly as revenge for an investigation which led to an officer's suspension

A suspended police officer and his brother have been arrested on suspicion of stabbing journalist Chennakesavulu to death late on Sunday August 9.

Afghan radio station manager killed by suspected Taliban fighters

Editor-in-chief of Afghanistan's Radio Paktia Ghag, Toofan Omari was targeted and shot in the Afghan capital on August 8, 2021.

Congolese journalist brutally killed

Heritier Magayane, a journalist who worked for the state-owned Radio-Television Nationale Congolaise (RTNC), was killed on Saturday 7 August, 2021.

Mexican journalist Ricardo López shot and killed in Sonora

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.

Radio reporter gunned down in Cebu City, Philippines

Renante 'Rey' Cortes was shot on the morning of July 22, 2021, outside Cebu City’s dyRB radio station, where he hosted a regular politics programme.