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 approach, using terminology that helps in the analysis of each incident.

17 Journalists have been killed in 2020: (motive confirmed)

José Abelardo Liz, Nación Nasa
13 August, 2020, Colombia

Pablo Morrugares Parraguirre, PM Noticias
2 August, 2020, Mexico

German Vallecillo Jr., Canal 45TV
1 July, 2020, Honduras

Christoff Griffith, The Nation
22 June, 2020, Barbados

Shubham Mani Tripathi, Kampu Mail
19 June, 2020, India

Nabil Hasan al-Quaety
2 June, 2020, Yemen

Mir Wahed Shah, Mir Wahed Shah
30 May, 2020, Afghanistan

Shafiq Amiri, Khurshid TV
30 May, 2020, Afghanistan

Rex Cornelio Pepino, Original Energy 93.7 FM
20 May, 2020, The Philippines

Jorge Miguel Armenta Ávalos, Ultima Palabra, Medios Obson
16 May, 2020, Mexico

Maria Elena Ferral Hernández, El Diario de Xalapa, El Quinto Poder
30 March, 2020, Mexico

Abdul Nasser Haj Hamdan, Media Office in Binnish
20 February 2020, Syria

Abdiwali Ali Hassan, Freelance; Universal TV, Radio Kulmiye
16 February 2020, Somalia

Lourenço Veras, Pora News
12 February 2020, Paraguay

Amjad Anas Aktalati
4 February 2020, Syria

Ahmed Abdul Samad, Dijlah TV
10 January 2020, Iraq

Safaa Ghali, Dijlah TV
10 January 2020, Iraq

Source: CPJ

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