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UNESCO Remembers Assassinated Journalists

UNESCO encourages press freedom and campaigns for greater safety of media professionals.
  • Godwin Agbroko (Nigeria)
    Head of editorial board of the daily This Day
    Killed on 22 December 2006 in Nigeria      
  • Ponciano Grande (Philippines)
    Broadcaster and former columnist from Nueva Ecija
    Killed on 7 December 2006 in Philippines      
  • Administrative staff worker of TV station Nainawa
    Killed on 26 November 2006 in Iraq      
  • Journalist with the daily Al Sabah
    Killed on 22 November 2006 in Iraq      
  • Reporter for the Al Dustoor newspaper
    Killed on 17 November 2006 in Iraq      
  • Journalist for local daily newspaper Al-Masar
    Killed on 15 November 2006 in Iraq      
  • Reporter and cameraman for Al-Sharqiya TV
    Killed on 13 November 2006 in Iraq      
  • Cameraman for the Associated Press (AP) news agency
    Killed on 13 November 2006 in Iraq      
  • Editor of the regional daily newspaper El Despertar de la Costa
    Killed on 10 November 2006 in Mexico      
  • Brad Will (Mexico)
    Cameraman for the international agency Indymedia
    Killed on 27 October 2006 in Mexico      
  • Journalist for Rayat Al Arab newspaper
    Killed on 26 October 2006 in Iraq      
  • Raed Qaies (Iraq)
    Journalist for for radio stations Sawt Al Iraq and Somer Radio
    Killed on 14 October 2006 in Iraq      
  • Anna Politkovskaya (Russian Federation)
    Journalist for "Novaya Gazeta"
    Killed on 7 October 2006 in Russian Federation      
  • Journalist for the German network Deutsche Welle
    Killed on 6 October 2006 in Afghanistan      
  • Karen Fischer (Germany)
    Journalist for the German network Deutsche Welle
    Killed on 6 October 2006 in Afghanistan      
  • Driver for Al-Iraqiya television
    Killed on 4 October 2006 in Iraq      
  • Reporter for Radio Dar Al-Salam
    Killed on 3 October 2006 in Iraq      
  • Ogulsapar Muradova (Turkmenistan)
    Former correspondent of US radio stations Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty
    Killed on 14 September 2006 in Turkmenistan      
  • Correspondent of the Khulna-based daily newspaper Janabani
    Killed on 14 September 2006 in Bangladesh      
  • Freelance photographer
    Killed on 12 September 2006 in Iraq      
  • Journalist and representative of the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate in the eastern province of Diyala
    Killed on 12 September 2006 in Iraq      
  • Editor for the daily newspaper Al-Sabah
    Killed on 9 September 2006 in Iraq      
  • Editor-in-chief of the privately-owned daily Al-Wifaq
    Killed on 5 September 2006 in Sudan      
  • Coordinator of the correspondents' office of the El Tigre newspaper Región
    Killed on 23 August 2006 in Venezuela      
  • Radio commentator, Radio Vigía de Todelar
    Killed on 22 August 2006 in Colombia      
  • Managing Director of Namathu Eelanad
    Killed on 20 August 2006 in Sri Lanka      
  • Journalist with the radio station Yumbo Estéreo
    Killed on 9 August 2006 in Colombia      
  • Yevgeny Gerasimenko (Russian Federation)
    Correspondent for the independent weekly Saratovsky Rasklad
    Killed on 26 July 2006 in Russian Federation      
  • Freelance journalist
    Killed on 24 July 2006 in Brazil      
  • Layal Nagib (Lebanon)
    Freelance photographer for the Lebanese magazine Al-Jaras and Agence France-Presse
    Killed on 23 July 2006 in Lebanon      
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