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.
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July 3, 2019
BY CPJ
Syrian photojournalist Amjad Hassan Bakir killed in suspected regime missile strike
The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the killing of Syrian photojournalist Amjad Hassan Bakir and urged all the parties to the ongoing Syrian conflict to guarantee the safety of civilians, including journalists.
July 3, 2019
BY Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas
Second journalist killed in Maricá in the state of Rio de Janeiro in less than one month
The director of a news site in Maricá, in the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro, was killed on June 18. Romário da Silva Barros, 31, was inside his car when he was shot three times, according to G1.
June 14, 2019
BY Washington Post
Journalist killed in southern Mexico, another kidnapped
A reporter was shot dead in the southern state of Tabasco, her newspaper said Wednesday, the latest in a string of journalist killings in one of the world’s most lethal countries for the profession. Another reporter was kidnapped by a pair of armed men in the nearby state of Veracruz.
June 14, 2019
BY Al Jazeera
Journalists in Haiti demand protection after reporter's killing
Media organisations in Haiti demanded police protection on Tuesday after the killing of a radio journalist who reported on corruption allegations against President Jovenel Moise's administration.
June 14, 2019
BY CPJ
Brazilian journalist Robson Giorno shot and killed in Rio de Janeiro state
Authorities in Rio de Janeiro must make every effort to find and prosecute those responsible for the killing of journalist Robson Giorno, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
May 30, 2019
BY RSF
TV reporter killed by mine in Chad
Obed Nangbatna, a reporter and cameraman for the Chadian national TV broadcaster, Télé Tchad, was fatally wounded on 25 May when the military vehicle he was travelling in ran over a mine. The four soldiers travelling in the same vehicle were also killed.
May 30, 2019
BY Al Jazeera
Mexican journalist under government protection plan shot dead
A Mexican journalist enrolled in a federal protection programme has been shot dead, the fifth reporter to be killed this year in one of the most dangerous countries for the press.
May 15, 2019
BY AFP
Radio journalist murdered in southern Mexico
A journalist who founded a community radio station in an indigenous region in southern Mexico was shot dead, the fourth reporter murdered in the country this year, officials said Friday.
May 3, 2019
BY Cilla Benkö
Free speech not a given on World Press Freedom Day
In Sweden, we have a long tradition of freedom of expression and freedom of the press, but it can never be taken for granted.