List of journalists killed in 2017

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List of journalists killed in 2017 is about the 71 journalists killed worldwide in 2017.

Seventy one journalists have been murdered or killed worldwide while reporting, covering an incident, or because of their status as a journalist. Audrey Azoulay, the Director-General of UNESCO condemned the killing of journalists worldwide.[1] She also called for an investigation into the killing of journalist Naveen Gupta in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India on 30 November.[2] Frank La Rue, the UNESCO assistant director-general for communication and information said, “On average, one journalist is murdered every four days.”[3]

## The journalists and media persons who were killed or murdered in 2017

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Name of journalist  | Job  | Date of death  | Country of origin  | Country of death  | Details of death

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Sayed Mehdi Hosaini | Journalist | 28 December | Afghanistan | Afghanistan | Killed in an IS suicide bombing
Gumaro Pérez Aguilando | Journalist | 19 December | Mexico | Mexico | Shot dead at his son's Christmas pageant
Mohamed Ibrahim Gabow | TV anchor | 11 December | Somalia | Somalia | Killed by a car trap
Naveen Gupta | journalist for Hindustan | 30 November | India | India | Shot 5 times by unknown assailants
Sudip Dutta Bhaumik | journalist for the Daily Syandan Patrika and the local television | on 21 November | India | India | "Shot dead, allegedly by a Tripura State Rifles personnel"[4]
Hussain Nazari | Cameraman for the Rah-e-Farda TV station | 16 November | Afghanistan | Afghanistan | Died from injuries sustained from a suicide bomber attack
Ikechukwu Onubogu | Cameraman at Anambra | 12 November | Nigeria | Nigeria | Shot dead by unknown gunmen
Arkan Sharifi | Cameraman for Kurdistan TV | 30 October | Iraq | Iraq | Stabbed to death by 8 masked men in his own house
Qays Al-Qadi | Correspondent for Al-Jisr | 29 October | Syria | Syria | Killed by Syrian regime artillery fire
Christopher Iban Lozada | Radio broadcaster, journalist | 24 October | Philippines | Philippines | Shot to death by an unknown group of gunmen
Carlos Oveniel Lara Dominguez | Journalist for Canal 12 | 23 October | Honduras | Honduras | Shot at from a vehicle
Daphne Caruana Galizia | freelance journalist | 16 October | Malta | Malta | Killed by a remotely detonated bomb planted in her car
Ali Nur Siad-Ahmed | Freelance journalist, worked with Voice of America | 14 October | Somalia | Somalia | Killed by a car trap
Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdulle | Freelance cameraman | 14 October | Somalia | Somalia | Killed by a car trap
Hawker Faisal Mohammed | Reporter of the Hawar News Agency | 13 October | Syria | Syria | Killed by a suicide car bomb attack
Dilshan Ibash | Reporter of the Hawar News Agency | 12 October | Syria | Syria | Killed by a suicide car bomb attack
Haroon Khan | Broadcast journalist | 12 October | Pakistan | Pakistan | Shot 8 times from an AK-47 as a result of a property dispute
Amanullah Haqiar | Bodyguard of Shir Mohammad Janish, director of Tanweer TV | 12 October | Afghanistan | Afghanistan | Unknown gunmen opened fire on Janish's car injuring him and killing his bodyguard
Efigenia Vásquez Astudillo | Radio presenter, radio journalist | 8 October | Colombia | Colombia | Shot whilst covering a story on riot police attack on indigenous people
Edgar Daniel Esqueda Castro | Freelance journalist | 5 October | Mexico | Mexico | Taken away at gunpoint by supposed policemen, although Castro died from a gunshot, his body "showed signs of torture"
Orouba Barakat | Journalist and activist | 22 September | Turkey | Turkey | Stabbed to death by a relative after he "failed to receive a fair wage"; her and her daughter's bodies were wrapped in a carpet and sprinkled with lime to "prevent odour"
Hala Barakat | Journalist | 22 September | Turkey | Turkey | Stabbed to death by a relative after witnessing her mother die
Shantanu Bhowmick | Journalist | 20 September | India | India | Beaten to death with sticks after reporting on violent clashes between factions in Tripura, India[5]
Abdullahi Osman Moallim | Journalist | 13 September | Somalia | Somalia | Died of wounds sustained during a suicide bombing three days earlier
Carlos William Flores | Journalist | 13 September | Honduras | Honduras | Shot to death by unknown gunmen on a motorcycle
Gauri Lankesh | Editor and publisher of the Gauri Lankesh Patrika | 5 September | India | India | Shot to death outside her house[6]
Christopher Allen | Freelance journalist | 26 August | USA | South Sudan | Shot to death in an exchange of fire between the government and rebel fighters
Candido Rios Vazquez | Journalist | 22 August | Mexico | Mexico | Gunned down during a drive-by shooting
Osama Nasr al-Zoabi | Reporter, cameraman, correspondent for the Syrian Media Organization | 21 August | Syria | Syria | Killed by driving over an improvised explosive device
Kim Wall | Journalist | 10 August | Sweden | Denmark | Murdered by an inventor, Peter Madsen, whilst on board his submarine. Her body was dismembered and stabbed multiple times to prevent them washing up due to gas build-up
Leo Diaz | Journalist | 7 August | Philippines | Philippines | Shot from behind whilst riding his motorcycle
Rudy Alicaway | Radio host | 6 August | Philippines | Philippines | Shot from behind whilst riding his motorcycle
Bassel Khartabil Safadi | Open-source developer and media worker | October? | Syria | Syria | Detained and sentenced to death by the Syrian government
Luciano Rivera Salgado | Journalist | 31 July | Mexico | Mexico | Shot by an aggressor in a bar, possibly after defending women he believed were being harassed
Khaled Alkhateb | Correspondent for Russia Today | 30 July | Syria | Syria | Killed in a rocket attack by IS militants
Harb Hazaa al-Dulaimi | Reporter | 20 July | Iraq | Iraq | Shot to death by IS militants
Soudad al-Douri | Cameraman | 20 July | Iraq | Iraq | Shot to death by IS militants
Edwin Rivera Paz | Journalist | 9 July | Honduras | Mexico | Died from multiple gunshot wounds
Véronique Robert | Reporter, correspondent | 24 June | Switzerland | Iraq/France | Died from injuries sustained from a nearby landmine detonation
Stephan Villeneuve | Reporter | 19 June | France | Iraq | Died from injuries sustained from a landmine detonation
Bakhtyar Haddad | Reporter, journalist, fixer | 19 June | Iraq (Kurdistan) | Iraq | Died from injuries sustained from a landmine detonation
Baksheesh Elahi | Chief of K-2 Times Daily | 11 June | Pakistan | Pakistan | Shot to death outside his own house by unknown motorbike-borne gunmen
Kamlesh Jain | Journalist | 31 May | India | India | Shot by a hitman because of a family dispute
Mohammed Nazir | Media worker | 31 May | Afghanistan | Afghanistan | Killed by the May 2017 Kabul attack
Aziz Navin | Media worker | 31 May | Afghanistan | Afghanistan | Killed by the May 2017 Kabul attack
Sa’ad Al-Nadhari | Photojournalist | 26 May | Yemen | Yemen | Hit by shrapnel from a nearby exploding shell
Wael Al-Absi | Photojournalist | 26 May | Yemen | Yemen | Hit by shrapnel from a nearby exploding shell
Taqi Al-Din Al-Huthaifi | Photojournaist | 26 May | Yemen | Yemen | Hit by shrapnel from a nearby exploding shell
Dimitri Popkov | Reporter | 24 May | Russia | Russia | Shot 5 times in his back in his own backyard by unknown assailant
Salvador Adame Pardo  | Reporter  | 18 May  | Mexico  | Mexico  | Kidnapped by gunmen whilst covering a protest, beaten, killed and burned
4 unnamed RTA employees | Driver, other jobs | 17 May | Afghanistan | Afghanistan | Suicide bomber detonated his vest outside the TV station, 3 gunmen opened fire on people inside
Héctor Jonathan Rodríguez Córdoba | Reporter | 15 May | Mexico | Mexico | Shot to death in his car by a group of unknown armed men
Javier Arturo Valdez Cárdenas | Journalist, founder of Ríodoce | 15 May | Mexico | Mexico | Shot to death by a group of unknown gunmen
Alaa Kraym (Mohammed Al Qabouni) | Journalist | 4 May | Syria | Syria | Killed by a shell of undetermined origin
Saeed Karimian | Founder and CEO of GEM TV | 29 April | Iran | Iran | Assassinated on Ali Khamenei's order
Filiberto Álvarez Landeros | Journalist, radio host | 29 April | Mexico | Mexico | Shot to death as he was leaving the radio channel building
Yameen Rasheed | Founder and editor-in-chief of the blog The Daily Panic | 23 April | Maldives | Maldives | Stabbed to death, possibly for criticising and satirising the Maldives' government
Nikolay Andrushchenko | Co-founder and editor of the newspaper Novy Petersburg | 19 April | Russia | Russia | Beaten to death by strangers
Wai Yan Heinn | Editor of weekly Iron Rose | 16 April | Myanmar | Myanmar | Died after receiving 15 stab wounds to the abdomen
Famous Giobaro | Desk editor for public radio Globe FM | 16 April | Nigeria | Nigeria | Killed in his residence by unknown gunmen
Maximino Rodríguez Palacios | Columnist of the blog Colectivo Pericú | 14 April | Mexico | Mexico | Shot to death outside a shopping center
Miroslava Breach Velducea | Reporter for the national newspaper La Jornada and El Norte | 23 March | Mexico | Mexico | Shot eight times whilst in her car
Ricardo Monlui Cabrera | Director of the daily newspaper El Político and a columnist | 19 March | Mexico | Mexico | Shot to death whilst leaving a restaurant
Joaquin Briones | Columnist at the daily Remate | 19 January | Philippines | Guatemala | Shot four times in the back
Igor Padilla | Reporter for the TV channel HCH | 17 January | Honduras | Honduras | Shot by well-equipped attackers after receiving a call prompting him to exit the building he was filming a commercial in
Muhammad Jan | Reporter for the Urdu-language daily: Qudrat and Brahui language daily: Talar Quetta | 12 January | Pakistan | Pakistan | Shot by two unidentified men
Noorullah | Cameraman for Wolesi Jirga Television | 10 January | Afghanistan | Afghanistan | Killed by a terrorist-planted explosive
Farida Mustakhdi | Employee for Wolesi Jirga television, | 10 January | Afghanistan | Afghanistan | Killed by a terrorist-planted explosive

## References

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1. ^ "UNESCO Condemns Killing of Journalists". UNESCO.
2. ^ "Director-General denounces killing of journalist Naveen Gupta in India". UNESCO.
3. ^ "A journalist is killed every 4 days, worldwide -UNESCO". 3 November 2017. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
4. ^ "UNESCO Condemns Killing Of Tripura Journalist Sudip Datta Bhaumik". Retrieved 2018-02-05.
5. ^ "Tripura Journalist Santanu Bhowmik 'Hacked To Death' While Covering IPFT Agitation".
6. ^ "'Fearless' Indian journalist shot dead". 6 September 2017 - via www.bbc.com.

* Rashid, Omar (13 February 2016). "Journalist shot dead in UP, Akhilesh orders probe" - via www.thehindu.com.
* "Explore CPJ's database of attacks on the press". cpj.org.