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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January 17, 2017
Merzoug Touati
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April 6, 2016
Fahad al Fahad
blogger, Hona Sotak - sentenced to 5 years in jail
August 1, 2018
Nassima al Sada
columnist
September 10, 2017
Salman al Awda
September 11, 2017
Khaled Al Mahawech
September 18, 2017
Youssef Al Moulhem
December 13, 2017
Al Banakhi
vlogger
September 18, 2017
Jamil Farsi
businessman, columnist. Precise date of arrest unknown
September 12, 2017
Esam el Zamel
analyst, economist
June 6, 2018
Nouf Abdulaziz al Jerawi
blogger, human rights defender, journalists
May 17, 2018
Eman al Nafjan
founder of the blog Saudiwoman - pre-trial detention, not officially acknowledged yet
June 25, 2014
Fawzan Al-Harbi
cyberactivist
June 18, 2014
Jassim Mekki A’al Safar
April 17, 2014
Fadhel Al-Manafes
Netizen and activist
April 15, 2014
Waleed Abu Al-Khair
June 17, 2012
Raef Badawi
Liberal Saudi Network
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April 25, 2017
Najah Ahmed Yousif
social media blogger
June 13, 2016
Nabeel Rajab
Bahrain Centre for Human Rights
June 1, 2014
Firas Al-Saffar
February 24, 2014
Abdullah Isa
cameraman
June 5, 2016
Ali Al-Maaraj
Loulouat Awal
March 16, 2011
Abduljalil Al-Singace
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April 18, 2017
Limon Fakir
December 25, 2017
Asad Noor
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March 27, 2018
ZOU GUANGXIANG (邹光祥)
Freelance
November 15, 2016
SUN Lin (孙林)
Freelancer
July 3, 2018
CHEN Jieren (陈杰人)
Jieren Watch
February 25, 2009
GOPEY TSANG Kunchok Tsephel (贡却才培)
Chomei
December 28, 2017
ZHOU Yuanzhi (周远志 )
Freelance writer
April 1, 2018
LIU Chengkun（刘成昆）
Freelance
November 16, 2016
LIU Feiyue（刘飞跃）
Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch
September 21, 2017
DING Lingjie（丁灵杰）
Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch
August 31, 2017
ZHEN Jianghua（甄江华）
Across The Great FireWall ; Human Rights Campaign in China
February 27, 2008
Jamal EKBERJAN（埃克巴尔江．加马力）
Freelance
July 13, 2009
Gulmire IMIN（古尔米热．依明）
Salkin
July 23, 2010
Gheryat (Gheyret) NIYAZ (Ailaite Niyazi)（海来特．尼亚孜）
Uighurbiz
December 31, 2013
Shoret NIJAT
Uighurbiz
December 31, 2013
Perhat HALMURAT
Uighurbiz
December 31, 2013
Mutellip IMIN（穆塔力普．依明）
Uighurbiz
December 31, 2013
Atikem ROZI（阿提克姆．如孜）
Uighurbiz
December 31, 2013
Akbar IMIN（阿可拜尔．伊明）
Uighurbiz
December 31, 2013
LUO Yuwei（罗玉伟）
Uighurbiz
December 31, 2013
Abduqeyum ABLIMIT（阿卜杜凯尤木．阿不力米提）
Uighurbiz
August 22, 2014
TSOMO Dawa（达瓦措姆）
Freelance
May 28, 2015
LIU Shaoming（刘少明）
Freelance
October 30, 2017
ZHANG Haitao（张海涛）
Freelance
November 12, 2015
JIANG Yefei（姜野飞）
Political cartoonist
August 29, 2016
QIN Chao （秦超）
64 Tianwang
October 30, 2017
CHEN Tianmao（陈天茂）
64 Tianwang
April 16, 2017
Lobsang JAMYANG
Freelance
June 22, 2017
YANG Xiuqiong（杨秀琼）
64 Tianwang
July 3, 2017
WANG Shurong（王淑蓉）
64 tianwang
September 16, 2017
LI Zhaoxiu（李昭秀）
64 Tianwang
November 27, 2016
HUANG Qi（黄琦）
2004 RSF Award Winner ; 64 Tianwang
September 10, 2014
CHEN Shuqing（陈树庆）
Freelance
June 14, 2016
LU Yuyu（卢昱宇）
2016 RSF Award Winner ; Wickedonna
May 19, 2015
WU Gan（吴淦）
Freelance
April 25, 2015
ZHANG Jixin（张继新）
64 Tianwang
April 30, 2017
LIAN Huanli（廉焕力）
64 Tianwang
January 18, 2015
WANG Jing（王晶）
64 Tianwang
July 22, 2014
DONG Rubin（董如彬）
Freelance
May 17, 2014
QIN Yongmin（秦永敏）
Freelance
January 14, 2014
Ilham TOHTI（伊力哈木．土赫提）
Uygurbiz
August 7, 2013
YANG Maodong (GUO Feixiong)（杨茂东/郭飞雄）
Freelance
November 28, 2011
CHEN Xi（陈西）
Freelance
February 20, 2011
CHEN Wei（陈卫）
Freelance
September 14, 2010
LI Tie（李铁）
Freelance
July 21, 2010
Dilshat Perhat
Diyarim
July 20, 2010
Nijat AZAT (Nijat AZAM)（尼加提．阿扎提）
Shabnam
June 27, 2010
LIU Xianbin（刘贤斌）
Freelance
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April 23, 2015
Walid Muhareb
informations sur le Nord-Sinaï sur les réseaux sociaux
April 6, 2018
Mohamed Ibrahim Radwan
blogueur "Oxygen Masr (Egypte)" x2oegypt.blogspot.com
July 1, 2015
Omar Mohamed Ibrahim
A aussi travaillé comme photographe freelance pour l’agence Transterra media.Victime de disparition forcée avant des aveux filmés par la police et diffusés par la télévision égyptienne. Condamné en 2016 à la prison à perpétuité.
July 1, 2015
Soheib Saad
plus particulièrement actif en 2013. Victime de disparition forcée avant des aveux filmés par la police et diffusés par la télévision égyptienne. Condamné en 2016 à la prison à perpétuité.
February 23, 2015
Alaa Abdel Fattah
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March 19, 2017
Ahmed Mansoor
March 17, 2014
Osama Najjar
Netizen
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February 20, 2018
Qeisari Sadeq
February 19, 2018
Nouri amir
Majzooban Nor
February 19, 2018
Entesari Sina
Majzooban Nor
February 19, 2018
Darvishi Mohammad Reza
Majzooban Nor
February 19, 2018
Sharifi Moghadam Mohammad
Majzooban Nor
February 19, 2018
Dehghan Abass
Majzooban Nor
February 19, 2018
Entesari Shima
Majzooban Nor
February 19, 2018
Jalaledin Avisha
Majzooban Nor
February 19, 2018
Moradi Sepideh
Majzooban Nor
September 2, 2016
Mohajer Mohammad
February 17, 2016
Abass Vahedi
Collaborateur du Site Narenji
February 17, 2016
Ehsan Paknejad
Collaborateur du Site Narenji
February 17, 2016
Hossien Nozari
Collaborateur du Site Narenji
February 17, 2016
Ali Asghar Honarmand
Collaborateur du Site Narenji
December 27, 2013
Soheil Arabi
October 8, 2013
Roya Saberi Negad Nobakht
June 18, 2009
Sakhi Righi
balochistan-s.blogfa.com
October 4, 2008
Saeed Malekpour
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September 18, 2015
Bounthanh Khammavong
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August 6, 2017
Abdelkabir Al-Hor
June 6, 2017
AbdelAli Haddou
May 27, 2017
fouad assaidi
June 6, 2017
Mohamed Al Asrihi
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January 1, 2014
Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed Mkhaïtir
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January 19, 2018
Alexander Valov
BlogSochi.ru
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August 1, 2012
Qoteiba al Marei
November 14, 2012
Baraa Mais
Halab News, arrêté à un checkpoint
December 1, 2012
Mohamed Nour Al-Shemali
October 1, 2012
Fares Mohamed
Citizen-journalist - Sham News Network
May 12, 2012
Ibrahim Hajji Al-Halabi
Citizen journalist
March 28, 2012
Ali Mahmoud Othman
Citizen-journalist, was in charge of the Baba Amr media center in Homs
March 7, 2012
Jehad Jamal "Milan"
Blogger
October 15, 2011
Alaa Sabri Shueti
Online activist
August 19, 2011
Tarek Saïd Balsha
Citizen-journalist
August 8, 2011
Abd Qabani
Netizen
May 14, 2011
Anas Al-Shoghari
Citizen-journalist
February 5, 2011
Firaz Akram Mahmoud
Blogger
October 26, 2010
Ahmed Ben Farhan Al-Alawi
Blogger
July 20, 2010
Ahmed Ben Abdelhalim Aboush
Blogger
December 27, 2009
Tal Al-Mallouhi
Blogger
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December 2, 2016
Jatupat Boonpattararaksa
June 1, 2015
Kathawut Boonpitak
konthai.net
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May 10, 2018
Pedro Jaime Criollo
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July 31, 2011
Nguyen Dang Minh Man
Blogger / Photojournalist
September 4, 2018
Ngo Van Dung
Détention provisoire en attendant son procès (pas de date connue).
January 26, 2018
Do Cong Duong
July 31, 2017
Le Dinh Luong
Blogger
May 9, 2018
Nguyen Duy Son
April 5, 2018
PHAM VAN TROY
Blogger
April 10, 2018
NGUYEN VAN TUC
Blogger
April 5, 2018
NGUYEN BAC TRUYEN
Blogger
November 2, 2016
Ho Van Hai
December 18, 2016
Nguyen Danh Dung
October 18, 2017
Tran Thi Xuan
July 30, 2017
Nguyen Trung Ton
Blogger
July 30, 2017
Truong Minh Duc
Citizen journalist
March 23, 2017
Kim Khanh Phan
January 21, 2017
Tran Thi Nga
Blogger
January 19, 2017
Nguyen Van Oai
February 12, 2015
Pham Minh Vu
Blogueur
December 27, 2014
Nguyen Ngoc Gia (Nguyen Dinh Ngoc)
Blogueur
May 5, 2014
Nguyen Huu Vinh
Ba Sam
May 5, 2014
Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy
February 11, 2014
Bui Thi Minh Hang
September 11, 2013
Ngo Hao
Net citoyen
October 19, 2012
Dinh Nguyen Kha
Blogueur
September 19, 2011
Tran Vu Anh Binh
Netizen, compositeur de musique
July 30, 2011
Ho Duc Hoa
contributeur de Vietnam Redemptorist News
July 25, 2011
Nguyen Van Ly
March 31, 2011
Nguyen Ngoc Cuong
July 7, 2010
Tran Huynh Duy Thuc
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