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UNESCO observatory of killed journalists

The UNESCO Observatory of Killed Journalists is a comprehensive database and interactive map reflecting information continuously gathered since 1993 on the killing of journalists and comprehensively since 2006.

It includes condemnations of killings by UNESCO’s Director-General and information on judicial enquiries provided by Member States, when permitted by them.

Learn more about the Director-General’s mandate to condemn killings of journalists here.

Total number of results: 1368

Name Gender Date killed Nationality Judicial enquiry status Country in which killed DG condemnation Member State response *
Rudy Alicaway Male 06/08/2017 Filipino Ongoing/Unresolved Philippines Link Link
Khaled Alkhateb Male 30/07/2017 Syrian No Information Received So Far Syrian Arab Republic Link
Luciano Rivera Salgado Male 21/07/2017 Mexican No Information Received So Far Mexico Link
Edwin Rivera Paz Male 09/07/2017 Honduran Ongoing/Unresolved Mexico Link
Harb Hazaa al-Dulaimi Male 07/07/2017 Iraqi Ongoing/Unresolved Iraq Link
Soudad al-Douri Male 07/07/2017 Iraqi Ongoing/Unresolved Iraq Link
Véronique Robert Female 24/06/2017 French/Swiss No Information Received So Far Iraq Link
Bakhtyar Haddad Male 19/06/2017 Iraqi No Information Received So Far Iraq Link
Stephan Villeneuve Male 19/06/2017 French No Information Received So Far Iraq Link
Luís Gustavo da Silva Male 14/06/2017 Brazilian Ongoing/Unresolved Brazil Link Link, Link
Salvador Adame Pardo Male 14/06/2017 Mexican Ongoing/Unresolved Mexico Link
Baksheesh Elahi Male 11/06/2017 Pakistani No Information Received So Far Pakistan Link
Aziz Navin Male 31/05/2017 Afghan No Information Received So Far Afghanistan Link
Kamlesh Jain Male 31/05/2017 Indian No Information Received So Far India Link
Mohammed Nazir Male 31/05/2017 Afghan No Information Received So Far Afghanistan Link
Souhaib Al-Hiti Male 30/05/2017 Iraqi Ongoing/Unresolved Iraq Link
Sa’ad Al-Nadhari Male 26/05/2017 Yemeni No Information Received So Far Yemen Link
Taqi Al-Din Al-Huthaifi Male 26/05/2017 Yemeni No Information Received So Far Yemen Link
Wael Al-Absi Male 26/05/2017 Yemeni No Information Received So Far Yemen Link
Dmitry Popkov  Male 24/05/2017 Russian Ongoing/Unresolved Russian Federation Link Link, Link
Saeed Karimian Male 18/05/2017 Iranian Ongoing/Unresolved Turkey Link
AmiriI Abdollatif Male 17/05/2017 Afghan No Information Received So Far Afghanistan Link
Ghani Naghdi Male 17/05/2017 Afghan No Information Received So Far Afghanistan Link
Mollakhil Zeinolah Khan Male 17/05/2017 Afghan No Information Received So Far Afghanistan Link
Shinwari Momhammad Amir Khan Male 17/05/2017 Afghan No Information Received So Far Afghanistan Link
Héctor Jonathan Rodríguez Male 15/05/2017 Mexican Ongoing/Unresolved Mexico Link
Javier Arturo Valdez Cárdenas Male 15/05/2017 Mexican Ongoing/Unresolved Mexico Link
Alaa Kraym (aka Mohammed al Qabouni) Male 04/05/2017 Syrian No Information Received So Far Syrian Arab Republic Link
Filiberto Álvarez Landeros Male 29/04/2017 Mexican No Information Received So Far Mexico Link
Yameen Rasheed Male 23/04/2017 Maldivian No Information Received So Far Maldives 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.