Assassinated Journalists in 2011
Abdisalan Sheik Hassan
(Somalia)
Journalist for Horn Cable TV
Killed on 18 December 2011 in Somalia
Hadzhimurad Kamalov
(Dagastan, Russian Federation)
Journalist for Chernovik and human rights activist
Killed on 15 December 2011 in Dagastan, Russian Federation
Luz Marina Paz Villalobos
(Honduras)
Journalist with Cadena Hondureña de Noticias
Killed on 6 December 2011 in Honduras
Ferzat Jarban
(Syria)
Freelance cameraman
Killed on 20 November 2011 in Syria
Zakariya Isa
(Nigeria)
Journalist for the Nigerian Television Authority
Killed on 22 October 2011 in Nigeria
Roy Bagtikan Gallego
(Philippines)
Radio journalist
Killed on 14 October 2011 in Philippines
Faisal Qureshi
(Pakistan)
A Lahore-based editor for the London Post
Killed on 7 October 2011 in Pakistan
Abdel Hakim Al-Nour
(Yemen)
Cameraman and producer for the Mas production company and media chief of the Hayel Saeed Anam Association
Killed on 4 October 2011 in Yemen
Abdel Majid Al-Samawi
(Yemen)
Television journalist
Killed on 3 October 2011 in Yemen
Farhad Taqaddosi
(Iran)
Iranian television cameraman for Press TV.
Killed on 20 September 2011 in Afghanistan
María Elizabeth Macías
(Mexico)
Editor of the Primera Hora newspaper of Nuevo Laredo
Killed on 24 September 2011 in Mexico
Valderlei Canuto Leandro
(Brazil)
Host of the Sinal Verde (Green Signal) programme on Radio Frontera.
Killed on 1 September 2011 in Brazil
Rocio González Trápaga
(Mexico)
Freelance journalist who used to work for Televisa
Killed on 31 August 2011 in Mexico
Ana María Yarce Viveros
(Mexico)
Founder of investigative weekly magazine Contralínean
Killed on 31 August 2011 in Mexico
José Agustín Silvestre
(Dominican Republic)
Print and TV journalist on Caña TV
Killed on 2 August 2011 in Dominican Republic
José Oquendo Reyes
(Peru)
Producer and host of the programme “Without Borders” on BTV Canal 45
Killed on 14 September 2011 in Peru
Pedro Alfonso Flores Silva
(Peru)
Programme director of local Canal 6 television
Killed on 8 September 2011 in Peru
Medardo Flores
(Honduras)
Journalist with Radio Uno
Killed on 8 September 2011 in Honduras
Hadi al-Mahdi
(Iraq)
Radio journalist on Radio Demozy.
Killed on 8 September 2011 in Iraq
Niel Jimena
(Philippines)
Former informant of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, Jimena, had programmes on several radio stations.
Killed on 30 August 2011 in Philippines
Humberto Millán Salazar
(Mexico)
Hosted a show on Radio Fórmula and wrote a column for the news website A Discusión
Killed on 25 August 2011 in Mexico
Munir Shakar
(Pakistan)
Correspondent for the Online News Network and Balochi TV Sabzbagh
Killed on 14 August 2011 in Pakistan
Ahmed Omed Khpalwak
(Afghanistan)
Journalist and freelance reporter for the BBC Pashto service and for the Afghan news agency Pajhwok.
Killed on 24 July 2011 in Afghanistan
Yolanda Ordaz de la Cruz
(Mexico)
Veteran crime and security reporter
Killed on 26 July 2011 in Mexico
Auro Ida
(Brazil)
Former press secretary of the government of Cuiabá.
Killed on 22 July 2011 in Brazil
Nery Jeremías Orellana
(Honduras)
Manager of Radio Joconguera in the town of Candelaria
Killed on 14 July 2011 in Honduras
Adan Benítez
(Honduras)
Reporter for two local broadcasters: 45TV and Teleceiba Canal 7
Killed on 4 July 2011 in Honduras
Angel Castillo Corona
(Mexico)
Columnist for the regional newspapers Puntal and Diario de México and press officer of the municipality of Ocuilan
Killed on 4 July 2011 in Mexico
Luis Eduardo Gómez
(Colombia)
Freelance journalist for several publications
Killed on 30 June 2011 in Colombia
Witness-Patchelly Kambale Musonia
(Democratic Republic of Congo)
Journalist for the radio Lubero Sud
Killed on 22 June 2011 in Democratic Republic of Congo
Alwan al-Ghorabi
(Iraq)
Cameraman for the Afaq satellite channel, owned by the Dawa Party of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
Killed on 21 June 2011 in Iraq
Miguel Angel Lopez Velasco
(Mexico)
Newspaper columnist and deputy director of the Veracruz daily Notiver
Killed on 20 June 2011 in Mexico
Jyotirmoy Dey
(India)
Journalist and special investigations editor of daily newspaper Midday
Killed on 11 June 2011 in India
Wilfred Iván Ojeda
(Venezuela)
Columnist of the El Clarín daily and Democratic Action party activist
Killed on 17 May 2011 in Venezuela
Yakhya Magomedov
(Dagastan, Russian Federation)
Editor of the Avar-language version of As-Salam magazine
Killed on 8 May 2011 in Dagastan, Russian Federation
Nasrullah Afridi
(Pakistan)
Journalist for the Khyber Agency
Killed on 8 May 2011 in Pakistan
Julio Castillo Narváez
(Peru)
Ollantay Radio journalist
Killed on 3 May 2011 in Peru
Valério Nascimento
(Brazil)
Journalist and owner of the Panorama Geral newspaper.
Killed on 3 May 2011 in Brazil
Alfredo Antonio Hurtado
(El Salvador)
Caméraman et éditeur photo pour l’émission d’actualité Teleprensa sur la chaîne Canal 33
Assassiné le 25 avril 2011 à El Salvador
David Niño de Guzmán
(Bolivia)
News director of Agencia de Noticias Fides.
Killed on 21 April 2011 in Bolivia
Chris Hondros
(Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)
Award-winning U.S. war photographer and worker for Getty Images.
Killed on 20 April 2011 in Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Tim Hetherington
(Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)
Seasoned photojournalist who contributed photographs to U.S. magazine Vanity Fair.
Killed on 20 April 2011 in Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Vittorio Arrigoni
(Italy)
Reporter for Italian newspaper Il Manifesto and for the news website Peace Reporter
Killed on 15 April 2011 in Palestine
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Karim Fakhrawi
(Bahrain)
Co-founder of the country’s only independent newspaper Al-Wasat
Killed on 12 April 2011 in Bahrain
Luciano Leitão Pedrosa
(Brazil)
Journalist for TV Vitória and FM radio station Metropolitana.
Killed on 10 April 2011 in Brazil
Zakariya Rashid Hassan
(Bahrain)
Online writer
Killed on 9 April 2011 in Bahrain
Taha Hameed
(Iraq)
Head of al-Massar TV.
Killed on 8 April 2011 in Iraq
Sabah al-Bazee
(Iraq)
Journalist for several media organizations including Reuters, CNN and other international news outlets.
Killed on 29 March 2011 in Iraq
Marlina "Len" Flores-Sumera
(Philippines)
News anchor for radio station dzME's Arangkada 1530
Killed on 24 March 2011 in Philippines
Mohammed al-Nabbous
(Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)
Journalist and founder of online channel Libya Al-Hurra, or Free Libya
Killed on 19 March 2011 in Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Jamal Ahmed al-Sharabi
(Yemen)
Journalist for the Al-Masdar independent newspaper
Killed on 18 March 2011 in Yemen
Ali Hassan Al-Jaber
(Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)
Cameraman for the Al Jazeera television network
Killed on 12 March 2011 in Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Abdost Rind
(Pakistan)
Reporter with the Urdu-language newspaper Daily Eagle
Killed on 18 February 2011 in Pakistan
Hilal al-Ahmadi
(Iraq)
Freelance journalist
Killed on 17 February 2011 in Iraq
Le Hoang Hung
(Viet Nam)
Reporter for The Worker newspaper
Killed on 29 January 2011 in Viet Nam
Ahmed Mohammed Mahmoud
(Egypt)
Journalist for the newspaper Al-Taawun
Killed on 29 January 2011 in Egypt
Gerardo Ortega
(Philippines)
Journalist for the station Radio Mindanao Network (RMN)
Killed on 24 January 2011 in Philippines
Umesh Rajput
(India)
Reporter with the Hindi-language daily Nai Dunia
Killed on 23 January 2011 in India
Lucas Mebrouk Dolega
(France)
Photographer with the European Press Agency (EPA)
Killed on 17 January 2011 in Tunisia
Ilyas Nizzar
(Pakistan)
Reporter for the Baluch-language magazine Darwanth
Killed on 5 January 2011 in Pakistan