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UNESCO Remembers Assassinated Journalists

UNESCO encourages press freedom and campaigns for greater safety of media professionals.
  • Gebran Tueni (Lebanon)
    Publisher and editor of the Lebanese newspaper An Nahar
    Killed on 13 December 2005 in Lebanon      
  • George Benaojan (Philippines)
    Journalist for radio Bantay Radyo sa Cebu and for the written press
    Killed on 1 December 2005 in Philippines      
  • Robert Ramos (Philippines)
    Reporter for Katapat
    Killed on 20 November 2005 in Philippines      
  • Ricardo “Ding” Uy (Philippines)
    Announcer on DZRS-AM radio in Sorsogon City and president of the Media Reporters Association of the province
    Killed on 18 November 2005 in Philippines      
  • Guatam Das (Bangladesh)
    Faridpur District bureau chief and correspondent of the daily “Samakal”
    Killed on 17 November 2005 in Bangladesh      
  • Editor-in-chief of the Nabdh Al Shabeb newspaper and Executive Secretary of the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate
    Killed on 20 October 2005 in Iraq      
  • Bureau chief of the Iraqi As-Saffir newspaper.
    Killed on 20 September 2005 in Iraq      
  • Journalist for the New York Times
    Killed on 18 September 2005 in Iraq      
  • Hind Ismail (Iraq)
    Journalist for the Mosul daily As-Saffir
    Killed on 16 September 2005 in Iraq      
  • Reuters sound engineer
    Killed on 28 August 2005 in Iraq      
  • Freelance contributor to the television station Al Irakiya
    Killed on 27 August 2005 in Iraq      
  • Relangi Selvarajah (Sri Lanka)
    Former journalist for Sri Lanka Broadcasting Cooperation (SLBC)
    Killed on 12 August 2005 in Sri Lanka      
  • Steven Vincent (United States of America)
    Freelance reporter
    Killed on 2 August 2005 in Iraq      
  • Harry Yansaneh (Sierra Leone)
    Editor of For Di People newspaper
    Killed on 28 July 2005 in Sierra Leone      
  • Italian television stations Rai, Mediaset and TG3, and the magazine Panorama
    Killed on 23 July 2005 in Iraq      
  • Cultural editor with the daily Le Matin
    Killed on 14 July 2005 in Haiti      
  • Rolando Morales (Philippines)
    Journalist for the radio de Mindanao DXMD
    Killed on 3 July 2005 in Philippines      
  • Radio show host on Rádio Comunitária Alterniva FM
    Killed on 1 July 2005 in Brazil      
  • A satirical programme producer on Iraq’s Al-Irakiya television
    Killed on 1 July 2005 in Iraq      
  • Magomedzarid Varisov (Russian Federation)
    Journalist for the newspaper Novoye Delo.
    Killed on 28 June 2005 in Russian Federation      
  • Reporter for radio HornAfrik
    Killed on 5 June 2005 in Somalia      
  • Samir Kassir (Lebanon)
    One of the main editorialists of the daily newspaper An-Nahar
    Killed on 3 June 2005 in Lebanon      
  • Daif Al Ghazal (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)
    Journalist for the London-based online newspaper Libya Al-Youm (Libya Today).
    Killed on 2 June 2005 in Libyan Arab Jamahiriya      
  • Golam Mahfuz (Bangladesh)
    Editor of the daily newspaper Comilla Muktakantha
    Killed on 31 May 2005 in Bangladesh      
  • Shaima Rezayee (Afghanistan)
    Former music programme presenter on Afghanistan’s private Tolo TV station.
    Killed on 23 May 2005 in Afghanistan      
  • Daily newspapers Al-Madaa and Tariq al-Shaab
    Killed on 15 May 2005 in Iraq      
  • Ahmad Adam (Iraq)
    Poet and writer who contributed to Al-Madaa and Sabah newspapers
    Killed on 15 May 2005 in Iraq      
  • Editor of the news website TamilNet and columnist for the Sri Lankan Daily Mirror newspaper
    Killed on 28 April 2005 in Sri Lanka      
  • Associated Press (AP) news agency
    Killed on 23 April 2005 in Iraq      
  • Editor of regional daily newspaper La Opinión
    Killed on 8 April 2005 in Mexico      
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