Assassinated Journalists in 2013
Alberto Lázaro del Valle
(Colombia)
Radio director and presenter
Killed on 10 May 2013 in Colombia
Muwaffak al-Ani
(Iraq)
Broadcaster
Killed on 6 May 2013 in Iraq
Carlos Artaza
(Paraguay)
Photographer for the Governor’s press office
Killed on 24 April 2013 in Paraguay
[UNESCO Statement]
Walgney Assis Carvalho
(Brazil)
Photographer for Vale do Aço newspaper
Killed on 14 April 2013 in Brazil
Fausto Valdiviezo Moscoso
(Ecuador)
Journalist for the television channels Ecuavisa, Sí TV, RTS and TC Televisión
Killed on 11 April 2013 in Ecuador
Mikhail Beketov
(Russian Federation)
Former editor in chief of Khimkinskaya Pravda
Killed on 8 April 2013 in Russian Federation
Luis Alberto Lemus
(Guatemala)
Vice-President of the Jutiapa Journalists Association (APJ) and owner of Radio Stereo Café and Café TV
Killed on 7 April 2013 in Guatemala
Rahmo Abdulkadir
(Somalia)
Journalist for Radio Abduwaq
Killed on 24 March 2013 in Somalia
Jaime Napoleón Jarquín Duarte
(Guatemala)
Journalist for Nuestro Diario
Killed on 20 March 2013 in Guatemala
Mehmood Jan Afridi
(Pakistan)
Journalist for The Daily Intekhab
Killed on 1 March 2013 in Pakistan
Malik Mumtaz
(Pakistan)
Journalist for Geo News television, Jang Online News and the daily paper News International
Killed on 27 February 2013 in Pakistan
Olivier Voisin
(France)
News Photographer
Killed on 24 February 2013 in Syria
Luis Choy Yin Sandoval
(Peru)
Photographer for El Comercio newspaper
Killed on 23 February 2013 in Peru
Mafaldo Bezerra Goes
(Brazil)
Radio journalist for FM Rio Jaguaribe
Killed on 22 February 2013 in Brazil
Marcelino Vázquez
(Paraguay)
Owner and manager of Radio Sin Fronteras 98.5 FM
Killed on 6 February 2013 in Paraguay
[UNESCO Statement]
Abdihared Osman Adan
(Somalia)
Journalist for Radio Shabelle
Killed on 18 January 2013 in Somalia
Mohamed Al-Massalma
(Syria)
Also known as Mohamed Al-Hourani
A correspondent for Al Jazeera, the Qatari television network
Killed on 18 January 2013 in Syria
Yves Debay
(French-Belgium)
A journalist specialist on the military and had been covering the Syrian conflict for Assaut
Killed on 18 January 2013 in Syria
Ikechukwu Udenu
(Nigeria)
Editor of monthly newspaper Anambra News
Killed on 12 January 2013 in Nigeria
Imran Shaikh
(Pakistan)
A news cameraman for Samaa TV
Killed on 11 January 2013 in Pakistan
Mohammad Iqbal
(Pakistan)
A photographer with the news agency News Network International (NNI)
Killed on 11 January 2013 in Pakistan
Saif-ur-Rehman
(Pakistan)
A Samaa News reporter
Killed on 11 January 2013 in Pakistan
Renato Machado Gonçalves
(Brazil)
Manager and co-owner of Radio Barra FM in Brazil’s state of Rio de Janeiro
Killed on 8 January 2013 in Brazil
Issa Ngumba
(Tanzania)
Community radio reporter
Killed on 8 January 2013 in Tanzania
Elisabeth Blanche Olofio
(Central African Republic)
Community radio journalist
Killed on 8 January 2013 in Central African Republic
Suhail Mahmoud Al-Ali
(Syria)
Syrian TV journalist
Killed on 4 January 2013 in Syria