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.
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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.
July 15, 2021
Netherlands
BY The Guardian
Dutch crime reporter dies nine days after shooting
The Dutch crime reporter Peter R de Vries has died just over a week after he was shot in the head in central Amsterdam, the veteran journalist’s family said in a statement released to local media.