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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 *
Nikolay Andrushchenko Male 19/04/2017 Russian Resolved Russian Federation Link Link
Famous Giobaro Male 16/04/2017 Nigerian Ongoing/Unresolved – Archived Nigeria Link Link, Link
Wai Yan Heinn Male 16/04/2017 Burmese Resolved Myanmar Link Link
Maximino Rodríguez Palacios Male 14/04/2017 Mexican Ongoing/Unresolved Mexico Link
Miroslava Breach Velducea Female 23/03/2017 Mexican Ongoing/Unresolved Mexico Link
Ricardo Monlui Cabrera Male 19/03/2017 Mexican Ongoing/Unresolved Mexico Link
Joaquin Briones Male 13/03/2017 Filipino Ongoing/Unresolved Philippines Link Link
Mohamed Abazied (aka George Samara) Male 12/03/2017 Syrian No Information Received So Far Syrian Arab Republic Link
Cecilio Pineda Birto Male 02/03/2017 Mexican Ongoing/Unresolved Mexico Link
José Feliciano Yactayo Rodríguez Male 27/02/2017 Peruvian Resolved Peru Link Link
Shifa Zikri Ibrahim (aka Shifa Gardi) Female 25/02/2017 Iraqi No Information Received So Far Iraq Link
Leónidas Martínez Male 14/02/2017 Dominican No Information Received So Far Dominican Republic Link
Luis Manuel Medina Male 14/02/2017 Dominican No Information Received So Far Dominican Republic Link
Taimur Abbas Male 12/02/2017 Pakistani No Information Received So Far Pakistan Link
Abdul Hakim Shimul Male 03/02/2017 Bangladeshi Ongoing/Unresolved Bangladesh Link
Manuel Salvador Villagrán Trujillo Male 19/01/2017 Guatemalan Ongoing/Unresolved Guatemala Link
Igor Padilla Male 17/01/2017 Honduran Ongoing/Unresolved Honduras Link
Muhammad Jan Male 17/01/2017 Pakistani No Information Received So Far Pakistan Link
Farida Mustakhdim Female 10/01/2017 Afghan No Information Received So Far Afghanistan Link
Noorullah Male 10/01/2017 Afghan No Information Received So Far Afghanistan Link
Larry Que Male 20/12/2016 Filipino Ongoing/Unresolved Philippines Link Link
Mohammed al-Absi Male 20/12/2016 Yemeni No Information Received So Far Yemen Link
Mohammad Nasir Mudasir Male 15/12/2016 Afghan No Information Received So Far Afghanistan Link
Soe Moe Tun Male 13/12/2016 Burmese Ongoing/Unresolved Myanmar Link Link
Jesús Adrián Rodríguez Samaniego Male 10/12/2016 Mexican Ongoing/Unresolved Mexico Link Link, Link
Mohammed Thabet al-Obeidi Male 06/12/2016 Iraqi Ongoing/Unresolved Iraq Link
Anne Vihavainen Female 04/12/2016 Finnish Resolved Finland Link
Katri Ikävalko Female 04/12/2016 Finnish Resolved Finland Link
Hernán Choquepata Ordoñez Male 20/11/2016 Peruvian Ongoing/Unresolved Peru Link Link, Link
Awab Al-Zubairi Male 18/11/2016 Yemeni No Information Received So Far Yemen 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.