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UNESCO Remembers Assassinated Journalists

UNESCO encourages press freedom and campaigns for greater safety of media professionals.
  • Senior reporter for the Indian Express
    Killed on 20 July 2010 in India      
  • Journalist and director of the radio station Thema 98.9 FM
    Killed on 19 July 2010 in Greece      
  • Former cameraman and employee of the Chihuahua State Commission for Human Rights
    Killed on 10 July 2010 in Mexico      
  • Radio journalist for the regional station XEDD Radio La Tremenda
    Killed on 10 July 2010 in Mexico      
  • Founder of the local press agency ADN and correspondent for the national agency Quadratin
    Killed on 6 July 2010 in Mexico      
  • Journalist for several Hindi-language newspapers
    Killed on 1 July 2010 in India      
  • Freelance journalist
    Killed on 28 June 2010 in Mexico      
  • Correspondent for the newspaper El Sol de Acapulco
    Killed on 28 June 2010 in Mexico      
  • Former president of the Khuzdar Press Club
    Killed on 27 June 2010 in Pakistan      
  • Deputy editor-in-chief of the Rwandan fortnightly Umuvugizi and Rwanda's correspondent for Journaliste en Danger
    Killed on 24 June 2010 in Rwanda      
  • Owner and news director of Canal 19
    Killed on 14 June 2010 in Honduras      
  • Killed on 1 June 2010 in Palestinian Authority      
  • Reporter for the daily Sindhu Hyderabad
    Killed on 10 May 2010 in Pakistan      
  • Reporter for Ashtiname and a regular contributor to independent news websites Sbei, Awene, Hawlati, and Lvinpress.
    Killed on 6 May 2010 in Iraq      
  • Journalist at the state-run Radio Mogadishu
    Killed on 4 May 2010 in Somalia      
  • Editor of the weekly Cameroun Express
    Killed on 29 April 2010 in Cameroon      
  • Journalist of commercial local TV channel Televisiòn de Honduras
    Killed on 20 April 2010 in Honduras      
  • Presenter with Radio W105
    Killed on 13 April 2010 in Honduras      
  • Cameraman for Reuters
    Killed on 10 April 2010 in Japan      
  • Patient Chebeya Bankome (Democratic Republic of Congo)
    Reporter and freelance cameraman
    Killed on 5 April 2010 in Democratic Republic of Congo      
  • Radio journalist for the radio stations Excélsior and Super 10
    Killed on 26 March 2010 in Honduras      
  • Manuel Juárez (Honduras)
    Radio journalist for the radio stations Excélsior and Super 10.
    Killed on 26 March 2010 in Honduras      
  • News director for television channel Canal 5 in Aguán
    Killed on 14 March 2010 in Honduras      
  • Reporter with the weekly Visión Informativa
    Killed on 12 March 2010 in Mexico      
  • Chairman of Janakpur Today Publications, which publishes Janakpur Today and operates Radio Today
    Killed on 1 March 2010 in Nepal      
  • Host of the “Encuentros” programme broadcast of Canal 51 television
    Killed on 1 March 2010 in Honduras      
  • Ashiq Ali Mangi (Pakistan)
    Reporter for the private television channel Mehran TV
    Killed on 17 February 2010 in Pakistan      
  • Jamim Shah (Nepal)
    Head of satellite TV station Channel Nepal and cable TV company Space Time Network
    Killed on 7 February 2010 in Nepal      
  • Crime reporter for Radio Linea Directa
    Killed on 16 January 2010 in Mexico      
  • Michelle Lang (Canada)
    Journalist for the Calgary Herald
    Killed on 30 December 2009 in Afghanistan      
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