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November 27, 2019 BY CPJ

Syrian photojournalist al-Yousef killed as forces shell southern Idlib

Abdul Hameed al-Yousef, a Syrian photographer and camera operator for the pro-civil rights opposition Kafr Rumah Media Office, was killed on November 10, 2019, when forces supporting President Bashar al-Assad shelled Kafr Rumah, a town in Idlib governorate, according to Facebook posts by al-Yousef's employer, the local press freedom group the Syrian Journalists’ Association, and Faiz al-Doghaim, a Syrian journalist, who spoke with CPJ via messaging app.

November 27, 2019 BY AP

Honduran journalist killed leaving station

Honduran authorities say a television journalist has been shot to death shortly after leaving his station.

November 18, 2019 BY INSI

INSI joins with tech companies to combat online harassment of journalists

The International News Safety Institute (INSI) is today announcing the launch of an unprecedented project in cooperation with Facebook and Google to tackle online harassment against journalists.

November 15, 2019 BY INSI

Robin Elias is INSI's new chair

The International News Safety Institute (INSI) has appointed Robin Elias as its new chair.

November 6, 2019 BY BBC

Attackers kill DR Congo journalist shining light on Ebola virus

A Congolese journalist who had been raising awareness about the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed at his home.

November 1, 2019 BY Cilla Benkö

Punishment for crimes against journalists must be harsher

The International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on November 2 brings to the public’s attention crimes against journalists all over the world.

October 31, 2019 BY INSI

Climate of impunity for crimes against media

Ahead of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, 12 partner organisations of the Council of Europe Platform to Promote the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists call on governments to ensure that crimes against journalists are not carried out with impunity.

October 22, 2019 BY CPJ

Syrian Kurdish journalist killed in Turkish airstrike on civilian convoy

The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the Turkish air strike on a civilian convoy that killed journalist Saad Ahmed and injured at least four other reporters.

October 22, 2019 BY Guardian

Haiti protesters clash with police hours after journalist shot dead

Haitian protesters have clashed with police in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, hours after a journalist who had covered previous anti-government protests was found shot to death in his car.

October 18, 2019 BY INSI

INSI AGM to be held 19 November

The Annual General Meeting of the International News Safety Institute (INSI) will take place this year in Paris on 19 November.

September 16, 2019 BY WAN IFRA

What journalists are doing about online abuse and harassment

Journalists are increasingly the target of insults or threats from individuals or groups online, which can have physical impacts and should no longer be seen as separate from the offline world.

September 4, 2019 BY Knight Center

Broadcast journalist who received death threats is killed in western Honduras

Broadcast journalist Edgar Joel Aguilar was shot and killed in a barbershop in La Entrada, Copán in western Honduras on Aug. 31, 2019.

August 29, 2019 BY CGTN

Somali journalists mourn colleague killed in blast

Somali journalists on Wednesday mourned the death of a fellow media practitioner who was killed during a fierce fighting between Somalia National Army (SNA) and al-Shabab militants in the country’s southern region.

August 29, 2019 BY AFP

Journalist killed in Mexico

The head of a Mexican news website was found stabbed to death in the center of the country, authorities said Saturday, the 10th such killing this year.

August 29, 2019 BY ABC

Journalist killed on the job in New Orleans plane crash

A longtime reporter is one of the victims identified in a fatal plane crash in New Orleans East.

August 28, 2019 BY INSI

The News Organizations Safety Self-Assessment launches

Today we are launching the News Organisations Safety Self-Assessment, a new resource that will help news outlets to review and improve their current safety practices and protocols.

August 5, 2019 BY Mexico News Daily

Gunman shoots and kills journalist, municipal official in Zihuatanejo

A Guerrero journalist who was also worked as a local official was murdered Friday in the tourist destination of Zihuatanejo, Guerrero.

August 5, 2019 BY the Guardian

Third Mexican journalist killed in a week amid record murder rate

An investigation has been launched into the death of a reporter in the Mexican state of Veracruz after he became the third journalist to be murdered in a week.

August 5, 2019 BY Mexico News Daily

Guerrero crime beat journalist murdered in Morelos

The body of a Guerrero journalist was found in the trunk of a car on Tuesday night in Morelos, bringing the number of reporters who have lost their lives in Mexico this year to seven.

July 31, 2019 BY Africa Feeds

Nigerian journalist killed during protest

A 23-year-old trainee journalist with Nigerian Television station Channels TV was killed on Monday after he was hit by a stray bullet.

July 31, 2019 BY TRT World

Citizen journalist among 17 killed in northwest Syria

A young citizen journalist was among at least 17 civilians killed in air raids on Syria's rebel-held Idlib region on Sunday, rescue workers and a monitor said, as he filmed the bombardment of the battered enclave.

July 15, 2019 BY Reuters

Suicide car bomb targets hotel in Somali port city, two journalists confirmed dead

A car bomb went off on Friday at a hotel in Somalia’s port city of Kismayu where local elders and lawmakers had been discussing an upcoming regional election and was followed by gunfire, police said, adding that the death toll could be high.

July 15, 2019 BY All Africa

Tanzanian Media House Loses Five Journalists in Horror Car Crash

Seven people, among them five journalists from Azam Media Group, were on Monday killed in a road accident at Shelui area in Tanzania.

July 15, 2019 BY al Jazeera

Radio journalist killed in the Philippine island of Mindanao

A radio host from the southern Philippine island of Mindanao was shot dead late on Wednesday, according to an organisation of journalists, becoming the latest victim in a wave of killings in the country.

July 15, 2019 BY AP

Afghan police: Radio journalist killed in eastern province

Afghan police say a radio journalist has been killed in the eastern Paktia province.