POSTED BY MARTIN KICH
The Committee to Protect Journalists has released its list of journalists who were killed in 2016; clicking on the journalists’ names will link you to their stories:
48 Journalists Killed in 2016/Motive Confirmed
Terminology explained
Mohammad Nasir Mudasir , Melli Paigham Radio
December 15, 2016, in Mohammed Agha District, Logar Province, Afghanistan
Soe Moe Tun , Daily Eleven
December 13, 2016, in Monywa, Myanmar
November 18, 2016, in Taiz, Yemen
Mohsen Khazaei, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
November 12, 2016, in Aleppo, Syria
Mahad Ali Mohamed , Codka Mudug Radio
November 6, 2016, in Galkayo, Somalia
Naimatullah Zaheer, Ariana News
November 4, 2016, in Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Abdul Salam Kanaan, Al-Jisr TV
October 31, 2016, in Zafraneh, Syria
Ali Risan, Al-Sumaria TV
October 22, 2016, in Al-Shura, Nineveh Province, Iraq
Ahmet Haceroğlu, Türkmeneli TV
October 21, 2016, in Kirkuk, Iraq
Jeroen Oerlemans , Freelance
October 2, 2016, in Sirte, Libya
Abdiaziz Ali, Radio Shabelle
September 27, 2016, in Mogadishu, Somalia
Taha Shawkat Al-Halou, Freelance
August 27, 2016, in Daret Ezza, Aleppo province, Syria
Mustafa Said, Kurdistan TV
August 14, 2016, in Mosul, Iraq
Shehzad Ahmed, Aaj News
August 8, 2016, in Quetta, Pakistan
Mehmood Khan, DawnNews
August 8, 2016, in Quetta, Pakistan
Mubarak al-Abadi, Nabaa Media Foundation
August 5, 2016, in Al-Ghail, Al-Jawf Province, Yemen
Ahmad Hallak, Al-Buraq Media Institution
August 2, 2016, in Aleppo, Syria
Mohammed Sayyed Hassan, All4Syria, Al-Nabaa Media Center
August 1, 2016, in Atareb, Syria
João Miranda do Carmo, SAD Sem Censura
July 24, 2016, in Santo Antônio do Descoberto, Brazil
Abdelqadir Fassouk, Arraed Satellite TV
July 21, 2016, in Sirte, Libya
Pavel Sheremet, Ukrainska Pravda, Radio Vesti
July 20, 2016, in Kiev, Ukraine
Sami Jawdat Rabah, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
October 2015 – June 2016, in Deir al-Zour, Syria
Samer Mohammed Aboud, Free Deir al-Zour Radio, Development Interaction Network
October 2015 – June 2016, in Deir al-Zour, Syria
Mustafa Abdul Hassa, Shaam News Network
October 2015 – June 2016, in Deir al-Zour, Syria
Mohammed Eissa, Nateq Network
October 2015 – June 2016, in Deir al-Zour, Syria
Abdullah Mohammad Ghannam, Shahba Press Agency
July 14, 2016, in Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria
Ali Mahmud, Al-Ghadeer TV
July 13, 2016, in Qayyarah, Nineveh province, Iraq
Ibrahim Omar, Al Jazeera
July 11, 2016, in Tarmanin, Idlib, Syria
Khaled Eissa , Freelance
June 25, 2016, in Aleppo, Syria
Khaled al-Zintani , Freelance
June 24, 2016, in Benghazi, Libya
Elidio Ramos Zárate, El Sur
June 19, 2016, in Oaxaca, Mexico
Rohat Aktaş, Azadiya Welat
January 30 to February 24, 2016, in Cizre, Turkey
David Gilkey, National Public Radio
June 5, 2016, in Marjah district, Helmand province, Afghanistan
Zabihullah Tamanna, National Public Radio
June 5, 2016, in Marjah district, Helmand province, Afghanistan
Osama Jumaa, Images Live
June 5, 2016, in Aleppo, Syria
Sagal Salad Osman, Radio Mogadishu
June 5, 2016, in Mogadishu, Somalia
Rajdev Ranjan, Hindustan
May 13, 2016, in Siwan, Bihar, India
Zaher al-Shurqat, Aleppo Today
April 12, 2016, in Gaziantep, Turkey
Mohammed Ghalib al-Majidi, Freelance
March 21, 2016, in Taiz, Yemen
Majid Dirani, Freelance
February 19, 2016, in Daraya, Syria
Ahmed al-Shaibani, Yaman News, Yemen TV
February 16, 2016, in Taiz, Yemen
Karun Misra, Jansandesh Times
February 13, 2016, in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
El-Hadj Mohamed Diallo , Guinée7, Afrik
February 5, 2016, in Conakry, Guinea
Hashim al-Hamran, Al-Masirah TV
January 22, 2016, in Dahyan, Saada Province, Yemen
Marcos Hernández Bautista , Noticias, Voz e Imagen de Oaxaca
January 21, 2016, in Oaxaca, Mexico
Almigdad Mojalli, Freelance
January 17, 2016, in Hamam Jarif, Yemen
Hassan al-Anbaki, Al-Sharqiya
January 12, 2016, in Baquba, Diyala province, Iraq
Saif Talal, Al-Sharqiya
January 12, 2016, in Baquba, Diyala province, Iraq
2 Media Workers Killed in 2016
Terminology explained
Ali Ghani, Al-Ahad TV
August 20, 2016, in Jaziret al-Khalideya, Iraq
Mahmoud Shabaan al-Haj Hadhir, Al-Aan FM
October 2015 – June 2016, in Deir al-Zour, Syria
28 Journalists Killed in 2016/Motive Unconfirmed
Terminology explained
Larry Que, Catanduanes News Now
December 20, 2016, in Virac, Catanduanes, Philippines
Jesús Adrián Rodríguez Samaniego , Antena 102.5 FM and Antena 760 AM
December 10, 2016, in Chihuahua City, Mexico
Isaac Vuni, Freelance
June 4 – September 26, 2016, in Kerepi, South Sudan
Mohammed Thabet al-Obeidi, Radio Baba Gurgur
December 6, 2016, in Kirkuk, Iraq
Hernán David Choquepata Ordoñez , La Ribereña
November 20, 2016, in Camaná, Peru
Marcel Lubala , Radio Télévision nationale congolaise
November 15, 2016, in Mbuji-Mayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dharmendra Singh, Dainik Bhaskar
November 12, 2016, in Sasaram, Bihar, India
Luciano Fernandes, Olhos de Águia
October 25, 2016, in Piauí, Brazil
Yaqoub Sharafat , Radio Television Afghanistan
October 16, 2016, in Qalat, Zabul Province, Afghanistan
Aurelio Cabrera Campos , El Gráfico de la Sierra
September 15, 2016, in Huauchinango, Mexico
Kishore Dave, Jai Hind
August 22, 2016, in Junagadh, Gujarat, India
Widad Hussein, Roj News
August 13, 2016, in Dohuk, Iraq
Pedro Tamayo Rosas, Freelance
July 20, 2016, in Veracruz, Mexico
Jacinto Hernández Torres, La Estrella
June 10-12, 2016, in Garland, Texas, USA
Álvaro Alfredo Aceituno López , Radio Ilusión
June 25, 2016, in Coatepeque, Guatemala
Abdul Wahed Abdul Ghany, Anadan Media Center
June 21, 2016, in Mallah, Syria
Alex Balcoba, People’s Brigada
May 27, 2016, in Manila, Philippines
Alaa Qassem Mohan, Al-Ahed Radio
May 20, 2016, in Baghdad, Iraq
Manuel Santiago Torres González, Noticias MT
May 14, 2016, in Poza Rica, Veracruz, Mexico
Akhilesh Pratap, Taaza TV
May 12, 2016, in Chatra, Jharkhand, India
Francisco Pacheco Beltrán, Sol de Acapulco and Foro de Taxco
April 25, 2016, in Taxco, Guerrero state, Mexico
Nicolás Humberto García, Radio Expressa
March 10, 2016, in Tacuba, El Salvador
João Valdecir de Borba, Radio Difusora AM
March 10, 2016, in São Jorge do Oeste, Brazil
Moisés Dagdug Lutzow, Grupo VX
February 20, 2016, in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
Elvis Banggoy Ordaniza, dxWO FM
February 16, 2016, in Pitogo, Philippines
Anabel Flores Salazar, El Sol de Orizaba
February 8 or February 9, 2016, in Veracruz, Mexico
Mohammad Zubair Khaksar, Nangarhar Radio and Television
January 29, 2016, in Surkhrod, Afghanistan
Muhammad Umar , Daily Dera News
January 16, 2016, in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan
Reblogged this on Ohio Politics.
When I go with Central American and Mexican refugees to court, one of the reasons invariably stated by immigration judges — and reasons why these refugees are thus deported — is that they did not report their “crime,” either to the authorities, or to newsworthy outlets. But time and again I know these refugees are afraid, because if they report these crimes against them, either they are killed, or the people who take the report are executed, so most refuse…
One of the most famous of these cases belongs to Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui, who saved herself because she made her scandal so public (http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-journalist-fired-20150316-story.html), that she obliterated the idea she could be “disappeared.”
But as you can see from your own lists, many journalists are easily dispensed with, in any country…
It is a sad testament to humanity, that we do not want to hear the truth, or learn from it.
Besos, not borders,
Ana M. Fores Tamayo, Adjunct Justice
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