Our organisation actively monitors the cases of media employees who pay the ultimate price in their efforts to bring us the news.
A way of honouring the courage and determination of men and women who lose their lives while reporting on conflicts, challenging governments or investigating corruption and crime, WAN-IFRA highlights the number of journalists who have been confirmed as killed in the line of duty or targeted because of their work. These figures are collated by the Committee to Protect Journalists and rely on a specific methodological [1] approach, using terminology [2] that helps in the analysis of each incident.
17 Journalists have been killed in 2020: (motive confirmed)
José Abelardo Liz [3], Nación Nasa
13 August, 2020, Colombia
Pablo Morrugares Parraguirre [4], PM Noticias
2 August, 2020, Mexico
German Vallecillo Jr., [5]Canal 45TV
1 July, 2020, Honduras
Christoff Griffith [6], The Nation
22 June, 2020, Barbados
Shubham Mani Tripathi [7], Kampu Mail
19 June, 2020, India
Nabil Hasan al-Quaety [8]
2 June, 2020, Yemen
Mir Wahed Shah [9], Mir Wahed Shah
30 May, 2020, Afghanistan
Shafiq Amiri [10], Khurshid TV
30 May, 2020, Afghanistan
Rex Cornelio Pepino [11], Original Energy 93.7 FM
20 May, 2020, The Philippines
Jorge Miguel Armenta Ávalos [12], Ultima Palabra, Medios Obson
16 May, 2020, Mexico
Maria Elena Ferral Hernández [13], El Diario de Xalapa, El Quinto Poder
30 March, 2020, Mexico
Abdul Nasser Haj Hamdan [14], Media Office in Binnish
20 February 2020, Syria
Abdiwali Ali Hassan [15], Freelance; Universal TV, Radio Kulmiye
16 February 2020, Somalia
Lourenço Veras [16], Pora News
12 February 2020, Paraguay
Amjad Anas Aktalati
[17]4 February 2020, Syria
Ahmed Abdul Samad [18], Dijlah TV
10 January 2020, Iraq
Safaa Ghali [19], Dijlah TV
10 January 2020, Iraq
Source: CPJ [20]
For 2019 figures, click here [21]
For 2018 figures, click here [22]
For 2017 figures, click here [23]
For 2016 figures, click here [24]
For 2015 figures, click here [25]
For 2014 figures, click here [26]
For 2013 figures, click here [27]
For 2012 figures, click here [28]
For 2011 figures, click here [29]
For previous years, click here [30]
