Index on Censorship » journalist killed

Syria: Four citizen journalists killed despite ceasefire

Alice Purkiss — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:21:11 +0000

Four citizen journalists have been killed in Syria, despite the recent ceasefire. Ahmed Abdallah Fakhriyeh, Samir Shalab Al-Sham Abu Mohamed, Alaa Al-Din Hassan Al-Douri and Khaled Mahmoud Kabbisho were killed in the last week. Fakhriyeh was shot dead on his way to film the arrival of Syrian army in a the village of Dmeir on 14 April. On the same day Al-Sham, who worked for the Syrian News Network, died shortly after a mortar round hit the building he was filming in on Tuesday. On 17 April, activist Kabbisho was summarily executed after being questioned in the North West of the country. It is reported his head was crushed by a tank. Leading rights activist Al-Douri was hit by a bullet at a roadblock to the North-West of Hama. His body was handed over to his family on Tuesday (17 April), and is believed to show signs of torture.

The post Syria: Four citizen journalists killed despite ceasefire appeared first on Index on Censorship.

Nigeria: Gunmen kill cameraman

Alice Purkiss — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:07:30 +0000

A cameraman has been shot and killed at the home of a couple whose wedding he was filming in Nigeria. Chuks Ogu, who had worked for privately-owned Independent Television, was shot on Saturday (14 April) when gunmen, believed to be hired assassins, stormed into the house of the newly-weds and opened fire. The motive for the attack is unclear, as nothing was stolen from the couple. It is also unclear whether Ogu was the actual target of the attack, as preliminary police reports suggest this was a case of mistaken identity. Ogu is the third journalist to be killed in Nigeria this year.

The post Nigeria: Gunmen kill cameraman appeared first on Index on Censorship.

Brazil: Second journalist killed in under a week

Marta Cooper — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:44:07 +0000

Brazilian newspaper editor Paulo Roberto Cardoso Rodrigues was shot dead on Sunday night, making him the second Brazilian journalist killed in less than a week and the third in 2012. The journalist, who was known as Paulo Rocaro, was driving home at night in Ponta Porá, a city near the country’s border with Paraguay, when two men on a motorcycle shot him at least five times. Cardoso was the editor of the local daily Jornal Da Praça and news website Mercosul News, and frequently wrote about local politics.

The post Brazil: Second journalist killed in under a week appeared first on Index on Censorship.

Syria: Journalist killed in Homs

Marta Cooper — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:30:05 +0000

Syrian journalist Mazhar Tayyara was killed by government forces’ fire in the city of Homs, a centre of the Syrian resistance against President Bashar al-Assad, on 4 February. Tayyara, a stringer for Agence France-Presse and other international news organisations, was reporting from the Homs neighbourhood of Al-Khaldiyeh when government forces shelled the area. The journalist sustained multiple severe injuries and died in hospital within hours.

The post Syria: Journalist killed in Homs appeared first on Index on Censorship.

Brazil: Political journalist shot dead

Marta Cooper — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:29:11 +0000

Brazilian political journalist Mário Randolfo Marques Lopes and his girlfriend were kidnapped and shot dead in the early hours of 9 February in Barra do Piraí, Rio de Janeiro state. Known for being critical of local authorities on his website, Lopes had faced more than one attempt on his life. He was reportedly shot five times in the head when a gunman burst into the website’s newsroom around four months ago, and survived being shot three times at his home last July.

The post Brazil: Political journalist shot dead appeared first on Index on Censorship.

Somalia: Media network director gunned down outside home

Alice Purkiss — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:30:38 +0000

The director of a media group has become the first journalist to be killed in Somalia in 2012. Shabelle Media Network director Hassan Osman Abdi was shot outside his home in Mogadishu at 6.30pm on Saturday. Five gunmen shot the father of three in the head and chest as he returned from work. The shooting is believed to be connected to the network’s recent radio coverage of government corruption. Abdi is the first journalist to be killed in 2012 in Somalia, and the third Shabelle Media Network director to be murdered, following Bashir Nur Gedi in 2007 and Mukhtar Mohamed Hirabe in 2009.

The post Somalia: Media network director gunned down outside home appeared first on Index on Censorship.

Pakistan: Journalist shot dead in mosque

Alice Purkiss — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:50:04 +0000

A senior reporter was shot dead in a Pakistan mosque yesterday. Mukarram Khan Atif, a correspondent for Washington-based Deewa Radio and a reporter for the Pakistani television station Dunya News, was shot by two unidentified gunmen during evening prayers. Atif was shot in the chest and head, and was taken to Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Another reporter, Rasool Dawar, claimed to have received a phone call from Ehsanulah Ehsan, the spokesman for banned militant organization Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, who claiming responsibility for the attack.

The post Pakistan: Journalist shot dead in mosque appeared first on Index on Censorship.

Brazil: Radio reporter shot dead

Marta Cooper — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:49:37 +0000

Brazilian radio reporter Laécio de Souza was shot dead by two men yesterday in Salvador, in the north east of the country. Police said the journalist, a local news reporter for radio station Sucesso FM, had been receiving threats on his mobile phone in the lead up to his murder. Police have not released a motive for the crime, although it has been suggested local drug traffickers were upset with the journalist’s plans to construct a social project on his land.

The post Brazil: Radio reporter shot dead appeared first on Index on Censorship.

Somalia: Journalist killed by man in soldier uniform

Alice Purkiss — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:28:09 +0000

A Somali journalist was shot dead by a man wearing a government soldier’s uniform on Sunday in Mogadishu. Abdisalan Sheikh Hasan from Horn Cable TV channel was shot after a government soldier in uniform with an AK47 ordered Hasan and his colleague Zakariye Abdulahi to stop their car. Abdulahi said that without any further questions, the soldier opened fire on Hasan. The TV journalist, who had been receiving death threats, later died in theatre from injuries to his shoulder and stomach.

The post Somalia: Journalist killed by man in soldier uniform appeared first on Index on Censorship.

Ukraine: Young news photographer stabbed to death

Alice Purkiss — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:36:52 +0000

A young photographer was stabbed to death in Kiev on Monday night. Vitaly Rozvadovsky, a photographer for the Ukrainian weekly 2000, was stabbed at around 11pm and died in hospital around four hours later. The murder of the 30-year-old is being treated as “murder with premeditation” but it is not believed that the attack relates to Rozvadovsky’s work. Mikhail Denisenko, editor of 2000 said that the photographer had not recently covered any sensitive stories, and he was unaware of Rozvadovsky receiving any threats.

The post Ukraine: Young news photographer stabbed to death appeared first on Index on Censorship.