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UNESCO observatory of killed journalists

Total number of results: 1444

Name Gender Date killed Nationality Judicial enquiry status Country in which killed DG condemnation Member State response *
Abdel Nasser Haj Hamdan Male 20/02/2020 Syrian New request Syrian Arab Republic Link
Teresa Aracely Alcocer Female 19/02/2020 Mexican New request Mexico Link
Abduwali Ali Hassan Male 16/02/2020 Somali New request Somalia Link
Aziz Memon Male 16/02/2020 Pakistani New request Pakistan Link
Lourenço "Leo" Veras Male 12/02/2020 Brazilian New request Paraguay Link
Nizar Thanoun Male 11/02/2020 Iraqi New request Iraq Link
Amjad Aktalati Male 04/02/2020 Syrian New request Syrian Arab Republic Link
Alex Ogbu Male 21/01/2020 Nigerian New request Nigeria Link
Maxwell Nashan Male 15/01/2020 Nigerian New request Nigeria Link
Ahmed Abdul Samad Male 10/01/2020 Iraqi New request Iraq Link
Safaa Ghali Male 10/01/2020 Iraqi New request Iraq Link
Ahmed Muhana al-Lami Male 06/12/2019 Iraqi Ongoing/Unresolved Iraq Link Link
Fidel Avila Gomez Male 29/11/2019 Mexican No Information Received So Far Mexico Link
Urooj Iqbal Female 25/11/2019 Pakistani No Information Received So Far Pakistan Link
Albertina Martinez Burgos Female 21/11/2019 Chilean Resolved Chile Link Link
Javier Córdoba Chaguendo Male 18/11/2019 Colombian Ongoing/Unresolved Colombia Link
Abdul Hameed al-Yousef Male 10/11/2019 Syrian No Information Received So Far Syrian Arab Republic Link
Dindo Generoso Male 07/11/2019 Filipino Ongoing/Unresolved Philippines Link
Papy Mahamba Mumbere Male 02/11/2019 Congolese (DRC) No Information Received So Far Democratic Republic of the Congo Link
Buenaventura Calderon Male 01/11/2019 Honduran Ongoing/Unresolved Honduras Link
Maraden Sianipar Male 31/10/2019 Indonesian Ongoing/Unresolved Indonesia Link Link
Maratua Siregar Male 30/10/2019 Indonesian Ongoing/Unresolved Indonesia Link Link
Mohammed Hussein Rasho Male 13/10/2019 Syrian No Information Received So Far Syrian Arab Republic Link
Saad Ahmed Male 13/10/2019 Syrian No Information Received So Far Syrian Arab Republic Link
Vedat Erdemci Male 11/10/2019 Turkish No Information Received So Far Syrian Arab Republic Link
Néhémie Joseph Male 10/10/2019 Haitian Ongoing/Unresolved Haiti Link Link
Edgar Joel Aguilar Male 31/08/2019 Honduran Ongoing/Unresolved Honduras Link
Mirza Waseem Baig Male 30/08/2019 Pakistani No Information Received So Far Pakistan Link
Nevith Condes Jaramillo Male 24/08/2019 Mexican Ongoing/Unresolved Mexico Link Link
Abdinasir Abdulle Ga'al Male 14/08/2019 Somali No Information Received So Far Somalia Link

* Only those responses that Member States have agreed to make public are included here.
** Definition of regions with a view to the execution by the Organization of regional activities.