24 Oct 11 | Europe and Central Asia, Index Index, minipost
A Ukrainian investigative journalist is a critical condition after being shot in the head. Oleksander Vlaschenk0 who works for Nashe Misto, a local newspaper, was hit as he returned to his home in Mykolayiv on 16 October. Two mobile phones and camera were stolen in the attack. The journalist who cover highly sensitive subjects involving local government corruption and organised crime, remains in hospital with a bullet in his head, his attackers have not been identified.
25 Aug 11 | Index Index, minipost
Two gunmen on a motorcycle shot radio commentator Niel Jimena, 42, on Monday night near his home in the Negros Island town of E.B. Magalona, Philippines. He was riding his own motorcycle when he was shot, and died of multiple gunshot wounds before arriving at a local hospital. The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines said in a statement that police have not determined a motive in the case or whether the killing was work-related. Jimena broadcast political commentary on DYRI-RMN Radio in nearby Iloilo City.
26 Apr 11 | Index Index, minipost, News and features
A Pakistani journalist who worked for a local news channel was shot twice on 19 April. Naveed Kamal, 26, was attacked by two unidentified men when coming home from the offices of Metro One TV. Kamal is currently in the Intensive Care Unit of a local hospital in Karachi. This is the third such attack on journalists in the city. The Karachi Union of Journalists have condemned the attack and called on the police to improve the safety and security of journalists.
