Violations of press freedom barometer
The figures in 2018
were killed in 2018
- 66journalists killed
- 13citizens journalists killed
- 5media assistants killed
Details in 2018
The table below covers only journalists for whom RSF was able to clearly establish that they were killed or imprisoned in connection with their journalistic work. It does not include those who were killed or imprisoned for reasons unrelated to their work or for whom the link with their work has not yet been confirmed.
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September 19, 2018
Sultan Al-Jumairi
May 9, 2013
Jassim Al Safar
Photojournalist for Awamphoto
May 1, 2011
Fadhel Al-Manasef
Citizen journalist and human rights activist
February 22, 2019
Abdelrahman Farhaneh
Journaliste jordanien basé à Damman, dans l'est saoudien.
April 4, 2019
Bader Al-Ibrahim
The New Arab
April 5, 2019
Abdullah Al-Duhailan
Al-Hayat, Al-Safir Al-Arabi, Vision (YouTube)
April 4, 2019
Thumar Al-Marzouqi
An7a, The New Arab, Okaz
April 4, 2019
Yazid Al-Faifi
Faifa online and Barq
June 1, 2018
Marwan Al-Muraisy
Yemeni journalist and columnist
March 15, 2018
Turki Al-Jasser
Freelance journalist, owner of a blog
September 13, 2017
Sami Al-Thubaiti
Twasul
October 5, 2017
Mohammed Saud Al-Bishr
Writer, journalist for Twasul, professor
September 19, 2017
Malek Al-Ahmad
Founder of Almo7ayd
September 11, 2017
Fahd Al-Sunaidi
Majd TV
November 10, 2016
Turad Al-Amri
Columnist. Exact date of arrest still unknown.
November 9, 2017
Saleh Al-Shehi
Al Watan
January 18, 2017
Nazeer Al-Majed
Journalist for Al-Hayat
May 12, 2014
Alaa Brinji
Journalist for Okaz
February 3, 2014
Wajdi Al-Ghazzawi
Al-Fajr TV
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June 12, 2019
Polad Aslanov
Xeberman.com, Press-az.com
October 26, 2018
Ikram Rahimov
Realliq.info
September 5, 2017
ZIYA ASADLI
Azadliq
May 30, 2017
Afgan Mukhtarly
February 17, 2017
Elchin Ismayilli
Kend.info
September 8, 2012
Araz Guliyev
Xeber44.com
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June 12, 2018
Hassan Mohammed Qambar
photographer
May 7, 2017
Hassan Ghareeb
Sport photographer
December 28, 2015
Mahmood al-Jazeeri
Journaliste
September 4, 2014
Ahmed Zain el Deen
freelance photographer
September 4, 2014
Mustafa Rabea
photographer
September 4, 2014
Hussam Sroor
freelance cameraman
February 10, 2014
Sayed Ahmed Al-Mousawi
photographer
December 26, 2013
Jaffar Marhoon
Cameraman
December 29, 2012
Ahmed Humaidan
Photographe
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June 12, 2017
Rafiq Golam Mostafa
January 6, 2015
Salam Abdus
Ekushey TV
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July 12, 2018
Ngar Min Swe
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October 22, 2019
Egide Harerimana
Iwacu
October 22, 2019
Térence Mpozenzi
Iwacu journalist
October 22, 2019
Agnès Ndirubusa
Iwacu journalist
October 22, 2019
Christine Kamikazi
Iwacu journalist
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October 9, 2019
RATH ROTT MONY
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July 29, 2016
Amadou Vamoulké
Ancien directeur de la CRTV
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October 16, 2019
Huang XueQin (黃雪琴)
Independent journalist
October 17, 2019
Li Xiaogen (李小根)
Journalist, Contemporary Business News
September 14, 2019
Lhamjab A. Borjigin (拉木札布)
Book author
July 27, 2019
Zhang Dongning (张冬宁)
Political cartoonist
August 17, 2019
DU Erwei (杜二伟)
Investigative journalist, former Xinhua Agency
August 20, 2019
Zhang Jialong (张贾龙)
Former journalist at Caijing and Tencent
March 24, 2019
Ebeydulla Ibrahim
Editor-in-Chief, Xinjiang Youth
March 24, 2019
Tiemuer Guihahan
March 24, 2019
Tehran Ablikim
Xinhua Agency
March 24, 2019
Gheyret Eysa
March 24, 2019
Adiljan Ayit
XUAR Education Press
March 24, 2019
Jewlan Jelil
Xinjiang Education Press
March 24, 2019
Hebibulla Eli
Xinjiang Education Press
March 24, 2019
Enwer Omer
Xinjiang Education Press
March 24, 2019
Muqeddes Mirza
Xinjiang Education Press
March 24, 2019
Eysajan Turdi Achchiq
Xinjiang Education Press
March 24, 2019
Perhat Kazim
Uyghur textbook editor
March 24, 2019
Shirmuhemmet Jarup
Xinjiang Education Press
March 24, 2019
Hamutjan Hekim
Xinjiang Education Press
March 24, 2019
Telet Qadiri
Xinjiang Education Press
March 24, 2019
Hamut Yasin
Xinjiang Education Press
March 24, 2019
Maqadas Aqan
Xinjiang Education Press
March 24, 2019
Nurbaqit Qadir
Xinjiang Education Press
March 24, 2019
Qabilqan Sadiq
Xinjiang Education Press
March 24, 2019
Emrulla Enwer
Kashgar Uyghur Press
March 24, 2019
Erkin Emet
Kashgar Uyghur Press
March 24, 2019
Mahinur Hamut
Kashgar Uyghur Press
March 24, 2019
Guzelnur Qasim
Kashgar Uyghur Press
March 24, 2019
Anargul Hekim
Kashgar Uyghur Press
March 24, 2019
Memet Sidiq
Kashgar Uyghur Press
March 24, 2019
Memetjan Abliz Boriyar
Kashgar Uyghur Press
March 24, 2019
Abdurahman Abdurehim
Kashgar Uyghur Press
March 24, 2019
KhalideIsra'il
Xinjiang Gazette Uyghur Editorial Department
March 24, 2019
Tahir Talip
Senior Editor, Kashgar Daily
March 24, 2019
Abliz Ömer
Former Head Editor (Retired) and Senior Editor, Kashgar Uyghur Press
March 24, 2019
Osman Zunun
Former Head Editor (Retired) and Senior Editor, Kashgar Uyghur Press
March 24, 2019
Ablajan Siyit
Vice Head Editor, Kashgar Uyghur Press
March 24, 2019
Mehmutjan Khoja (Ümidwar)
Xinjiang Youth Journal
March 24, 2019
Mirzahit Kérimi
Kashgar Uyghur Press
March 24, 2019
Enwer Qutluq (Nezeri)
Xinjiang Television Station
March 24, 2019
Abduréhim Abdulla
Xinjiang Audiovisual Press
March 24, 2019
Erkin Tursun
Director, Ili Television Station
March 24, 2019
Memtimin Obul
Xinjiang Gazette Uyghur Editorial Department
July 30, 2018
Mirkami Ablimit
Head, Xinjiang Farmer's Daily
March 24, 2019
Qurban Mamut
Former Head Editor, Xinjiang Culture Journal
March 24, 2019
Ekhmetjan Mömin (Tarimi)
Senior Editor, Xinjiang People's Press
March 24, 2019
Abdurakhman Ebey
Former Chief Editor, Xinjiang People's Press
March 24, 2019
Yasin Zilal
Head Editor, Tarim Journal
March 24, 2019
Ekber Sirajidin
Xinjiang Education Press
March 24, 2019
Erkin Muhemmet
Xinjiang Education Press
March 24, 2019
Wahitjan Osman
Xinjiang Education Press
March 24, 2019
Tahir Nasir
Former Head Editor, Xinjiang Education Press
March 24, 2019
Ayshem Peyzulla
Xinjiang Education Press
March 24, 2019
Mahibeder Mekhmut
Xinjiang Education Press
March 24, 2019
Qadir Arslan
Xinjiang Education Press
March 24, 2019
Yalqun Rozi
Xinjiang Education Press
March 24, 2019
Ablikim Hesen
Senior Editor, Xinjiang Youth Press
May 31, 2019
Dai Zigeng (戴自更)
Beijing News editor-in-chief
July 30, 2018
Juret Haji
Xinjiang Daily
July 30, 2018
Ilham Weli
Xinjiang Daily
October 13, 2015
GUI Minhai (桂民海)
Publisher
June 30, 2009
Kahar NIYAZ（尼亚孜．卡哈尔）
Golden Tarim
June 30, 2009
Memetjan ABDULLA（买买提江．阿布杜拉）
China National Radio Uighur Service ; Salkin
September 18, 2010
JIN Andi（金安迪）
Freelance writer
May 31, 2013
HU Yazhu（胡亚柱）
Nanfang Daily
May 31, 2013
LIU Weian（刘维安）
Nanfang Daily
October 26, 2013
YAO Wentian (YIU Man-tin) 姚文田
Publisher
May 29, 2014
WANG Jianmin
Publisher
July 6, 2014
LU Gengsong（吕耿松）
Freelance writer and publisher
March 30, 2005
LU Jianhua（陆建华）
Columnist
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November 29, 1995
SONG Keum-Chul
Télévision nord-coréenne
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September 5, 2019
Roberto de Jesús Quiñones Haces
CubaNet
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September 24, 2019
Journaliste égyptien
Sa famille ne souhaite pas que son nom soit communiqué.
October 13, 2019
Mostafa Alkhateeb
Associated Press
September 30, 2019
Mahmoud Mohamed hashem
shorouknews.com
April 16, 2019
Yousri Mostafa
September 25, 2019
Eslam Mosadaq
CBC Egypt
September 29, 2019
Karim Abdalmoean
Journal Al-Messa
September 25, 2019
Khaled Dawoud
Al-Ahram
September 17, 2019
Hassan Elkabany
Journaliste et écrivain
September 21, 2019
Sayed Abdellah
Journaliste indépendant
October 23, 2017
Alia Awad
"Rassd" news website
March 30, 2017
Badr Mohamed Badr
Editor in chief of "Al-Osra Al-Arabyia" newspaper
July 10, 2014
Magdi Ahmed Hussein Gad
Editor in chief of Al-Shaab Al-Jadeed newspaper
September 12, 2017
Mohamed Al-Husseini Hassan
Al-Shura
June 25, 2019
Hisham Fouad
June 25, 2019
Hossam Moanis
June 29, 2018
Islam Gomaa
Veto
April 3, 2018
Adel Sabry
editor in chief of online newspaper Masr al Arabiya
February 4, 2018
Mostafa Al-Aasar
freelance
February 4, 2018
Hassan Banna Mubarak
freelance
February 16, 2018
Moataz Wednan
Huffington Post Arabic
December 22, 2017
Ahmed Abou Zeid Al-Tannoubi
Diyar
December 22, 2017
Ahmed Bayoumi
Diyar
September 25, 2017
Ahmed El-Sakhawy
freelance. Disparu pendant presque un mois après son interpellation.
December 23, 2017
Ahmed Khaled Al-Tukhi
freelance, notamment pour les sites Baladna et Bawabat al Asema
December 21, 2017
Mahmoud Daoud
site Karmouz
December 23, 2016
Mahmoud Hussein
Journalist for Al Jazeera
November 29, 2015
Ismail Alexandrani
Freelance investigative reporter and researcher
April 9, 2014
Abdel Rahman Shaheen
Reporter for Freedom and Justice newspaper
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September 23, 2001
Jim’ie Kimeil
February 22, 2011
Nebiel Edris
Dimtsi Hafash - Arabic service
February 22, 2011
Ahmed Usman
Dimtsi Hafash - Tigre service
February 22, 2011
Mohamed Osman
Dimtsi Hafash - Bilen service
March 12, 2007
Identité inconnue
Hadas Eritrea
January 31, 2002
Hamid Mohamed Said
Eri-TV
January 31, 2002
Saleh Al Jezaeeri
Radio Dimtsi Hafash
September 21, 2001
Seyoum Tsehaye
indépendant
September 20, 2001
Temesgen Gebreyesus
Keste Debena
September 18, 2001
Emanuel Asrat
Zemen
September 23, 2001
Dawit Isaac
Setit (Suédo-érythréen)
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March 29, 2019
David Romero Ellner
Radio Globo, Globo TV
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August 24, 2018
Aasif Sultan
Journaliste au mensuel Kashmir Narrator, en détention par la police de l’Etat du Jammu-et-Cachemire.
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October 23, 2019
Masouri Amin
Chopi
October 23, 2019
Masouri Amin
Piquer par plume & Chopi
May 22, 2019
Kazami Massoud
Shargh newspaper
May 15, 2019
Bahri Milad
Freelance photojournaliste
February 19, 2018
Moradi Saleholldin
Majzooban Nor
February 19, 2018
Nouri Kasra
Majzooban Nor
February 19, 2018
Abdi Mostafa
Majzooban Nor
February 19, 2018
Entesari Reza
Majzooban Nor
June 25, 2018
Shahidi Hengameh
March 5, 2015
Narges Mohammadi
journaliste et porte-parole du Centre des défenseurs des droits de l’homme
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November 27, 2018
Ahmad Al-Khatib
December 14, 2018
Musa Samhan
August 1, 2018
Muhammad Anwar Muna
Hawa Nablus
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September 23, 2019
Amangeldy Batyrbekov
Saryagash info
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October 26, 1999
Thongpaseuth Keuakoun
journaliste dissident
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January 1, 1973
Abdullah Ali Al-Sanussi Al-Darrat
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July 25, 2017
Hamid El Mahdaoui
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August 22, 2019
Agba Jalingo
Publisher of the privately owned news website CrossRiverWatch
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September 16, 2018
Humberto Landeo Bustamante
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July 12, 2019
Rashid Maysigov
Fortanga.org
June 14, 2019
Abdulmumin Gadzhiev
Chernovik
March 28, 2019
Remzi Bekirov
Grani.ru (Crimea, Ukraine, occupied by the Russian Federation)
October 4, 2016
Alexei Nazimov
Tvoya Gazeta (Crimea, Ukraine, occupied by the Russian Federation)
December 20, 2011
Aleksandr Tolmachev
Upolnomochen Zayavit', Pro Rostov
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September 25, 2019
Abdulkadir Barre Moallim
Freelance journalist in Baidoa
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August 1, 2015
Nabil Haytham
March 6, 2019
Rafat Nabhan
Jordanian journalist
October 10, 2018
Omair Gharaibeh
Jordanian photographer, cameraman
December 15, 2018
Wissam Al-Tair
Damascus Now
August 20, 2012
Bashar Fahmi al-Kadumi
Al-Hurra
April 29, 2012
Muhannad Omar
Chaine al Alam News Network
August 10, 2013
Jihad Asaad Mohamed
Freelance journalist
August 1, 2012
Thabet Ahmed Al-Mhaisen
Syria news
August 23, 2011
Abdel Majid Rashed Al-Rahmoun
Journalist (Al-Fidaa)
May 30, 2011
Maher Dib
Journalist at the Syrian official TV who resigned at the beginning of the Syrian uprising.
January 5, 2011
Moheeb Al-Nawaty
Palestinian journalist and writer, used to work for Al-Arabiya's website
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September 16, 2015
Khikmatullo Sayfullozoda
Najot
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July 29, 2019
Erick Kabendera
Freelance investigative journalist, The Guardian, The East African
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August 16, 2019
Martin Inoua Doulguet
Salam Info Managing Editor
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May 25, 2014
Somsak Pakdeedech
Thai E-News
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July 17, 2017
Uğur Yılmaz
DİHA
November 13, 2019
Ahmet Altan
Former editor of Taraf daily
August 31, 2016
Gökçe Fırat Çulhaoğlu
Türksolu
August 24, 2016
Ercan Gün
Fox TV News
August 15, 2016
Gültekİn Avcı
Bugün
August 9, 2016
Ayşenur Parıldak
Zaman
July 29, 2016
Yakup Çetİn
Zaman
July 29, 2016
Alİ Akkuş
Zaman
July 27, 2016
Mümtaz'er Türköne
Zaman
July 26, 2016
Hanım Büşra Erdal
Zaman
July 26, 2016
Bayram Kaya
Zaman
July 26, 2016
Aytekİn Gezİcİ
July 26, 2016
Hüseyİn Aydın
Cihan, Samanyoluhaber.com
July 25, 2016
Ufuk Şanlı
Vatan, Al-Monitor
July 25, 2016
Habİp Güler
Zaman
July 25, 2016
Abdullah Kılıç
Meydan
July 25, 2016
Seyİd Kılıç
TRT
July 24, 2016
Yetkİn Yıldız
Aktif Haber
July 24, 2016
Emre Soncan
Zaman
July 23, 2016
Abdullah Özyurt
Zaman
July 1, 2016
Arafat Dayan
Demokratik Uluş
May 12, 2016
Nedİm Türfent
DIHA
May 17, 2010
Mİktat Algül
Mersin Mezitli FM
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June 2, 2017
Stanislav Aseyev
RFE/RL. Held by "DNR" separatists.
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August 29, 2018
Jesús Medina Ezaine
DolarToday
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January 11, 2017
Nguyen Van Hoa
RFA
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April 7, 2015
Waheed Al-Sufi
August 28, 2015
Salah Al-Qaedi
June 9, 2015
Abdel Khaleq Omran
June 9, 2015
Hareth Homaid
June 9, 2015
Akram Al-Walidi
June 9, 2015
Haitham Al-Shehab
June 9, 2015
Hisham Al-Yousfi
June 9, 2015
Hisham Tarmoum
June 9, 2015
Hassan Annab
June 9, 2015
Essam Belghith
June 9, 2015
Tawfiq Al-Mansouri
September 6, 2016
Yahya Al-Jubaihi
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