November 29, 2021
BY INSI
News
November 20, 2021
Somalia
BY Tommy Hodgson
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.
November 19, 2021
BY INSI
INSI's Know Your Rights Guide: legal recourse against online harassment
INSI have partnered with UNESCO and TrustLaw, part of the Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF), to create a practical guide to give journalists the legal tools they need to deal with online harassment. The Know Your Rights (KYR) guide is a legal manual for journalists worldwide to use, launched at the TRF Trust Conference 2021.
November 12, 2021
India
BY Tommy Hodgson
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.
November 9, 2021
Yemen
BY Tommy Hodgson
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.
November 8, 2021
Pakistan
BY Tommy Hodgson
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.
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.
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.
August 19, 2021
Mexico
BY Tommy Hodgson
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.
August 10, 2021
India
BY Tommy Hodgson
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.
August 8, 2021
India
BY Tommy Hodgson
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.
August 8, 2021
Afghanistan
BY Tommy Hodgson
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.
August 7, 2021
Congo
BY Tommy Hodgson
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.
July 28, 2021
Mexico
BY CPJ
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.
July 22, 2021
Philippines
BY Tommy Hodgson
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.
July 19, 2021
Syria
BY RSF
Syria: Several Syrian journalists targeted, one killed
After a weekend marked by serious press freedom violations in different parts of Syria, including a photographer’s death in a bombardment in Idlib province, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for every effort to be made to allow journalists to do their work, regardless of who controls the area where they are operating.
July 16, 2021
Afghanistan
BY AFJC
Danish Siddiqui, Reuters Photojournalist, killed in southern Kandahar province
Kandahar- Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui has been killed while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters near a border crossing with Pakistan, an Afghan military official has said.