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UNESCO observatory of killed journalists

Total number of results: 1492

Name Gender Date killed Nationality Judicial enquiry status Country in which killed DG condemnation Member State response *
Maharam Darani Female 30/04/2018 Afghan Ongoing/Unresolved Afghanistan Link
Norozali Rajabi Male 30/04/2018 Afghan Ongoing/Unresolved Afghanistan Link
Sabvon Kakeker Male 30/04/2018 Afghan Ongoing/Unresolved Afghanistan Link
Salim Talash Male 30/04/2018 Afghan Ongoing/Unresolved Afghanistan Link
Shah Marai Fezi Male 30/04/2018 Afghan Ongoing/Unresolved Afghanistan Link
Yar Mohammad Tokhi Male 30/04/2018 Afghan Ongoing/Unresolved Afghanistan Link
Ahmad Shah Male 29/04/2018 Afghan Ongoing/Unresolved Afghanistan Link
Abdul Manan Arghand Male 25/04/2018 Afghan Resolved Afghanistan Link
Ahmad Abu Hussain Male 25/04/2018 Palestinian Ongoing/Unresolved – Reported by Member State as killed by foreign actors beyond national jurisdiction Palestine Link Link, Link
Ángel Eduardo Gahona Male 21/04/2018 Nicaraguan Resolved Nicaragua Link Link
Tyron Brown Male 16/04/2018 Liberian No Information Received So Far Liberia Link
Maxim Borodin Male 15/04/2018 Russian Resolved Russian Federation Link Link
Karla Turcios Female 14/04/2018 Salvadoran Resolved El Salvador Link Link, Link
Abdullah Al Qadry Male 13/04/2018 Yemeni No Information Received So Far Yemen Link Link
Yaser Murtaja Male 07/04/2018 Palestinian Ongoing/Unresolved – Reported by Member State as killed by foreign actors beyond national jurisdiction Palestine Link Link, Link
Zeeshan Ashraf Butt Male 27/03/2018 Pakistani No Information Received So Far Pakistan Link Link
Efrain Segarra Male 26/03/2018 Ecuadorian Ongoing/Unresolved Colombia Link
Javier Ortega Male 26/03/2018 Ecuadorian Ongoing/Unresolved Colombia Link
Paul Rivas Male 26/03/2018 Ecuadorian Ongoing/Unresolved Colombia Link
Sandeep Sharma Male 26/03/2018 Indian No Information Received So Far India Link
Naveen Nischal Male 25/03/2018 Indian No Information Received So Far India Link
Vijay Singh Male 25/03/2018 Indian No Information Received So Far India Link
Leobardo Vázquez Atzin Male 21/03/2018 Mexican Ongoing/Unresolved Mexico Link Link, Link
Kamel abu al-Walid Male 19/03/2018 Syrian No Information Received So Far Syrian Arab Republic Link
Bashar Al-Attar Male 14/03/2018 Syrian No Information Received So Far Syrian Arab Republic Link
Anjum Munir Raja Male 01/03/2018 Pakistani No Information Received So Far Pakistan Link Link
Jan Kuciak Male 25/02/2018 Ongoing/Unresolved Slovakia Link Link, Link
Abdul Rahman Ismael Yassin Male 20/02/2018 Syrian No Information Received So Far Syrian Arab Republic Link
Leslie Ann Pamela Montenegro Female 05/02/2018 Mexican Ongoing/Unresolved Mexico Link Link
Luis Alfredo de León Miranda Male 02/02/2018 Guatemalan Ongoing/Unresolved Guatemala 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.