November 4, 2021
Mexico
BY Tommy Hodgson
Alfredo Cardoso Echevarría, a journalist, killed in Acapulco, Mexico
Cardoso founded and edited an online news magazine called Las Dos Costas.
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November 2, 2021
BY Cilla Benkö
It is toxic for society when crime goes unpunished
In nine cases out of ten, around the world, a person who kills a journalist is not punished. In Sweden, many journalists lack confidence in the capacity of the legal system to deal with hate and threats targeting them. When crime goes unpunished, serious boundaries of thought are shifted.
October 28, 2021
Mexico
BY Tommy Hodgson
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.
October 10, 2021
Pakistan
BY Tommy Hodgson
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.
October 4, 2021
India
BY Tommy Hodgson
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
September 28, 2021
Mexico
BY Tommy Hodgson
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.
September 24, 2021
India
BY Tommy Hodgson
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.
September 19, 2021
Colombia
BY Tommy Hodgson
Freelance journalist shot in western Colombian city of Tuluá
Marcos Efraín Montalvo worked as a reporter since the 1970s.
September 17, 2021
BY Cilla Benkö
Cilla Benkö: Promising steps to strengthen media freedom in Europe
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.
September 8, 2021
Congo
BY Tommy Hodgson
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.