User:Crtew/2011 Safety of Journalists

Journalists killed in 2011 ...

Pakistan
Pakistan ...


 * Ilyas Nazar was found dead 5 January in Pidarak (south of Turbat), Kech District
 * Wali Khan Babar, GEO News, was killed 13 January in Karachi
 * Abdost Rind a journalist for the Daily Eagle, was killed February 19 in Turbat, Kech District
 * Zaman Ibrahim or Zaman Ali, a crime reporter for the Daily Extra News, was killed 3 April in Karachi
 * Nasrullah Khan Afridi, Khyber News Agency, PTV News, Daily Mashriq was killed 10 May at the Khyber Super Market in Peshawar
 * Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times Online, was killed either May 29 or May 30 in Mandi Bahauddin
 * Asfandyar Abid Naveed, Akhbar-e-Khyber, was killed 11 June in Peshawar, which also killed Khan
 * Shafiullah Khan, The News, was died 17 June in the Burn Unit at Wah Cantonment (east of Islamabad) as a result of an earlier attack at the Khyber Super Market in Peshawar, which also killed Naveed
 * Munir Ahmed Shakir, a journalist for the Online News Network and Balochi TV Sabzbagh, was killed 14 August in Khuzdar, Khuzdar District
 * Javed Naseer Rind, Daily Tawar, was killed in September in Khuzdar, Khuzdar District
 * Faisal Qureshi (See: Faisal_Qureshi_(disambiguation))..., London Post, was killed 7 October in Lahore

After the death of Zaman Ibrahim or Zaman Ali, a crime reporter out of Karachi for the Daily Extra News, on 3 April 2011, Reporters Without Borders observed that Pakistan was in a "permanent state of violence" and the level of violence was having a chilling effect on the country's journalism. According to the Rural Media Network, 13 more Pakistani journalists had already been killed than in the previous year when and it was only mid-August.

Pakistan Press Foundation South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA)

Pakistan's Inter-Service Intellegence Agency

 * Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times Online, was killed either May 29 or May 30 in Mandi Bahauddin

Syed Saleem Shahzad, an investigative reporter for Asia Times Online, was found dead under suspicious cirmstances in Mandi Bahauddin District, Punjab around 30 May 2011. Some Pakistani journalists believed Pakistan's intelligence service was responsible, and the U.S. revealed it had classified information that indicated the intelligence service killed him. For its part, the ISI denied any involvement but Shahzad had told foreign journalists that he had been threatened. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said a thorough investigation was being conducted.

Terrorism

 * Nasrullah Khan Afridi, Khyber News Agency, PTV News, Daily Mashriq was killed 10 May at the Khyber Super Market in Peshawar
 * Asfandyar Abid Naveed, Akhbar-e-Khyber, was killed 11 June in Peshawar, which also killed Khan
 * Shafiullah Khan, The News, was died 17 June in the Burn Unit at Wah Cantonment (east of Islamabad) as a result of an earlier attack at the Khyber Super Market in Peshawar, which also killed Naveed

Suicide bombs in Peshawar claimed three journalists this year. The 11 March Peshawar bombing claimed the life of Nasrullah Khan Afridi. The 12 June 2011 Peshawar bombings, in which two journalists lost their lives, Asfandyar Abid Naveed, of Akhbar-e-Khyber, and Shafiullah Khan, of The News (Pakistan), who died five days later at the Burn Unit Wah Cantonment (east of Islamabad). .

Muttahida Qaumi Movement

 * Wali Khan Babar, GEO News, was killed 13 January in Karachi
 * Faisal Qureshi (See: Faisal_Qureshi_(disambiguation))..., London Post, was killed 7 October in Lahore

Pakistan's Home Minister accused the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, a secular opposition party, of being behind the murder of Geo TV reporter Wali Khan Babar in Karachi, Sindh... Faisal Qureshi (See: Faisal_Qureshi_(disambiguation))...

Balochistan

 * Ilyas Nazar was found dead 5 January in Pidarak (south of Turbat), Kech District
 * Abdost Rind a journalist for the Daily Eagle, was killed February 19 in Turbat, Kech District
 * Munir Ahmed Shakir, a journalist for the Online News Network and Balochi TV Sabzbagh, was killed 14 August in Khuzdar, Khuzdar District
 * Javed Naseer Rind, Daily Tawar, was killed in September in Khuzdar, Khuzdar District

The War in Afghanistan (2001-Present)

 * Ahmad Omaid Khpalwak, Pajhwok Afghan News, BBC was killed 28 July in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan
 * Farhad Taqaddosi, Press TV, was killed 20 September in Kabul, Afghanistan

Taliban insurgents attacked government buildings in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan 28 July 2011 and killed 21 civilians and injured 38. Among the dead was Afghan reporter Ahmed Omed Khpulwak, who worked the Pajhwok News Agency as a stringer for BBC World News. Although the Taliban initiated the attack, a U.S. soldier from ISAF killed Khpulwak when he mistook the journalist clutching his press pass for a terrorist who was about to detonate a bomb. ISAF released the results of its investigatation 8 September 2011 and in it took responsibility for killing Khpulwak.

The Iraq War (2003-Present)

 * Hadi al-Mahdi, Radio Demozy and Sumariya TV, was killed 8 September in Baghdad.
 * Alwan al-Ghorabi, Afaq, was killed 21 June in Diwaniyya.
 * Taha Al-‘Alawi, Al-Masar TV, was killed 8 April in
 * Sabah al-Bazi, Al-Arabiya, CNN, and Reuters, was killed 29 March in Tikrit.
 * Muammar Khadir Abdelwahad, Al-Ayn, 29 March in Tikrit.
 * Mohamed al-Hamdani, Al-Itijah TV, was killed 24 February in Ramadi.
 * Hilal Al-Ahmadi, L’Echo de Mossoul Iraqiyoun, was killed 17 February in Mosul.

Several journalists died in suicide bombings in Iraq by  insurgents. Two journalists, Sabah al-Bazi of Al-Arabiya and Muammar Khadir Abdelwahad of Al-Ayn, were killed in one attack by insurgents attacking a government building on 29 March 2011 in Tikrit.

Tunisia

 * Lucas Dolega, European Pressphoto Agency (epa), was killed 17 January in Tunis.

The Tunisian revolution ignited a wave of protests that spread quickly through Africa and other Middle East countries. French-German photojournalist Lucas Dolega, European Pressphoto Agency (epa), was the first journalist to have been killed while on assignment during the Arab Spring uprisings. Dolega was taking photographs of a protest on Avenue Bourguiba, Tunis, and was hit in the head by a cannister of tear gas shot by the police. The protest occurred on the same day, 14 January, that Zine El Abidine Ben Ali left Tunisia after 23 years. Dolega died in the hospital days later, 17 January, from his wounds. A United Nations team tallied the number of dead during the revolution and reported that 219 died during the revolution, including 72 in a prison riot.

Egypt

 * Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud, Al-Ta'awun, was killed 4 February in Cairo.
 * Wael Mikhael incident, Al-Tareeq, was killed 9 October in Cairo.

Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud, a reporter for Al-Taawun was the first journalist to be killed in the Egyptian revolution on January 28. In addition, Bert Sundstrom, a reporter for Sweedish SVT, was hospitalized after being stabbed in the back. Further reports showed a pattern of intimidation against the press by the Mubarak regime.

The interim government in Egypt reported the results from its fact finding commission that 846 people had died and 6,400 people were injured during the revolution.

Libya

 * Ali Hassan al-Jaber, Al-Jazeera, was killed 13 March in an area near Benghazi.
 * Mohammed Nabbous, Libya Al-Hurra TV, 19 March in Benghazi.
 * Anton Hammerl, freelance, 5 April in an area near Brega.
 * Chris Hondros, Getty Images, was killed 20 April in Misurata.
 * Tim Hetherington, freelance, was killed 20 April in Misurata.

Five journalists were killed while covering the Libyan civil war. All five were killed on the battlefield between 13 March and 20 April, a time in which the battlelines in Libya were fluid and dangerous. Four of the journalists who were killed were members of the foreign press, from Qatar, U.K., U.S. and South Africa. TV camera operator Ali Hassan al-Jaber of al-Jazeera was the first journalist killed in the Libyan civil war. South African photojournalist Anton Hammerl had been killed by pro-Gaddafi forces but his family and friends were led to believe he was still alive and they formed a "Free Anton" campaign, but were later told that he had been killed earlier and Gaddafi's government had known this and withheld the information, which is a violation of international human rights. All of the foreign journalists killed in Libya were photojournalists or TV  camera operators. Libyan journalist Mohammed Nabbous, who founded of an online streaming service for news dissemination, was killed while covering a battle. He was a prominent Libyan media figure who supported the opposition to Gaddafi. His last report has been preserved and its ends abruptly at the point of his death.

Yemen

 * Jamal al-Sharaabi, Al-Masdar was killed 18 March in Sana’a.
 * 18 March 2011 - Mohamed Yahia Al-Malayia - Al-Salam
 * Hassan al-Wadhaf, Al-Hurra was killed 24 September in Sana'a.
 * 3 October 2011 - Abdel Majid Al-Samawi - Al-Yemeniya TV
 * 4 October 2011 - Abdel Hakim Al-Nour - Mas
 * 16 October 2011 - Abd Al-Ghani al-Bureihi - Al-Yemen

Bahrain

 * Zakariya Rashid Hassan al-Ashiri, a freelance blogger, was killed 9 April in Al-Dair.
 * Karim Fakhrawi, Al-Wasat, was killed 12 April in Manama.

Syria

 * 20 November 2011 - Ferzat Jarban, a freelance camera operator
 * 27 December 2011 - Basil al-Sayed, a citizen journalist

Syrian freelance operator Ferzat Jarban's (a.k.a. Farzat Ejreban) body was found on 20 November, which was a day after his arrest. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, Jarban would be the first journalist killed since the organization began keeping records in 1992. CPJ is still investigating. His death would mark the first journalist known to have been killed in Syria during its Arab Spring uprising.

Sierra Leone
Ibrahim Foday, The Exclusive, was killed 12 June in

Ivory Coast
Sylvain Gagnetaud (RSF) or Sylvain Gagnetau Lago (CPJ),, assistant editor-in-chief at Radio Yopougon, was killed 8 May in Abidjan.

Nigeria
Zakariya Isa, Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), was killed 22 October

Democratic Republic of Congo
Witness-Patchelly Kambale Musonia, Radio Communautaire de Lubero Sud, was killed 21 June in Kirumba

Somalia

 * Farah Hassan Sahal, Radio Simba, was killled 4 August
 * Noramfaizul Mohd Nor, a Malaysian camera operator Bernama TV, was killed on 2 September in Mogadishu.
 * Abdiaziz Ahmed Aden, Radio Markabley, was killed 4 October
 * Abdisalan Sheikh Hassan, freelance broadcast journalist for Horn Cable TV, Hamar Radio and Voice of Democracy (radio) was killed 18 December

India
According to the Media Foundation (New Delhi), a group that monitors the safety of journalists in the subcontinent, two journalists were killed in the first half of 2011 in India and another was killed in December 2010.


 * Jyotirmoy Dey, who was an experienced crime and investigative reporter for the multi-language Mid-Day newspapers and author of two books, was killed 11 June in Powai, a suburb of Mumbia, Maharashtra. Four attackers traveled on motorcycles and killed him with a barrage of bullets.  In December 2011, 12 people were listed on a charge sheet that included crime boss Chhota Rajan.
 * Umesh Rajput, of the Hindi-language Naiduniya newspaper, was murdered by gunfire 23 January in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.  The Media Foundation (New Dehli), a subcontinent media watch organization, has presented Rajput's case as a "classic illustration of impunity" in India. Rajput was threatened and filed a complaint with police before he was killed. Journalist organizations say there are suspects who they believe threatened Rajput but that the police are ignoring them and stalling yet allowing the investigation to continue without progress. The Media Foundation detailed his case in October 2012.
 * Mohammad Akram, a reporter for ETV-Urdu in Moradabad was shot and killed 5 August in Delhi while covering an iftar celebration. He was shot twice and his television equipment was missing.

Philippines

 * Gerardo Ortega, DWAR, was killed 24 January in Puerto Princesa City.
 * Romeo Olea, DWEB, 13 June in Iriga City.

Thailand

 * Phamon Phonphanit, Sue Samut Atyakam was killed 24 September in Yala.

Azerbaijan

 * Rafiq Tagi, was killed 23 November 2011 in Baku, Azerbaijan of the southern Caucasus region.

Dagestan

 * Gadzhimurad Kamalov, was killed 15 December 2011 in Makhachkala, Dagestan of the northern Caucasus region.

Mexico

 * Maria Elizabeth Macías Castro, freelance and Primera Hora, was killed 24 September in an area near Nuevo Laredo.
 * Humberto Millán Salazar, Radio Formula and A-Discusión, was killed 26 August
 * Yolanda Ordaz de la Cruz, Notiver, was killed 26 July
 * Miguel Ángel López Velasco, Notiver, was killed 20 June
 * Luis Emanuel Ruiz Carrillo, La Prensa, was killed 25 March in Monterrey.
 * Noel López Olguín, freelance, was killed March in Chinameca.

Brazil

 * Gelson Domingos da Silva, Bandeirantes TV, was killed 6 November in Rio de Janeiro.
 * Edinaldo Filgueira, Jornal o Serrano, was killed 15 June in Serra do Mel.

Colombia

 * Luis Eduardo Gómez, worked freelance for El Heraldo de Urabá and Urabá al día, was killed 30 June

Dominican Republic

 * José Agustín Silvestre de los Santos, La Voz de la Verdad on Caña TV, was killed 2 August in La Romana.

Honduras

 * Medardo Flores, Radio Uno, was killed 8 September in
 * Nery Jeremías Orellana, Radio Joconguera and Radio Progreso, was killed 13 July in Lempira.
 * Luis Ernesto Mendoza Cerrato, Channel 24, was kille 19 May in Danlí.
 * Héctor Francisco Medina Polanco, Omega Visión TV, was killed 11 May in San Pedro Sula.

Peru

 * Julio Castillo Narváez, Radio Ollantay, was killed 3 May in
 * Pedro Alfonso Flores Silva, Channel 6, was killed 8 September in Chimbote.
 * José Oquendo Reyes, BTV Canal 45, was killed 14 September in

Venezuela

 * Wilfred Iván Ojeda, El Clarín, was killed 17 May in La Victoria

Vietnam
In a case that was at first widely believed to have been the first killing of a journalist in Vietnam in 23 years turned out to be a murder by the journalist's wife. The Murder of Le Hoang Hung, of the Nguoi Lao Dong (Translated: Worker), was burned in his bed 30 January 30 2011 by Hung' wife in their Tan An home.

Australia
Three members of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation were killed in a helicopter crash while reporting in the outback near Lake Eyre. The dead include veteran journalist Paul Lockyer, camera operator John Bean, and pilot Gary Ticehurst.

United States
Chauncey Bailey was a prominent African American journalist and editor with almost 40 years of journalism experience at the time of his murder on 2 August 2007 in Oakland. The trial of Yusuf Bey IV and Antoine Mackey for the killing of the last American journalist killed on American soil for a domestic news story ended with both being convicted and sent to prison for life. Before that Devaughndre Broussard had pleaded guilty of carrying out the attack and was sentenced to 25 years in a plea bargain agreement that had him testifying at the trial of Bey IV and Mackey.