Media employees killed in 2009

 Cases are listed by order of country    

  hiraabeAfghanistan (2)
September 9
Sultan Munadi, freelance journalist

 

March 10
Jawed Ahmad, journalist, CTV News

Colombia (2)
September 22
Diego Rojas Velasquez, journalist, Supiatv 

April 24
Jose Everardo Aquilar, journalist, Radio Super and Bolivar Estereo

Democratic Republic of Congo (1)
August 23
Bruno Koko Chirambiza, journalist, Radio Star

El Salvador (1) 
September 2
Christian Poveda, freelance journalist

Guatemala (3)
June 8
Marco Antonio Estrada, journalist, Tele Diario

 April 1
Rolando Santiz, journalist, Telecentro 13

April 1
Marc Antonion Estrada, correspondent, TV network Telediario

Honduras (2)
July 3
Gabriel Fino Noriega, correspondant, Radio America

March 31
Rafael Munguia Ortiz, journalist, Cadena Voces

India (1)
March 25
Anil Mazumdar, editor-in-chief, Aji

Indonesia (1)
February 11
Anak Agung Prabangsa, reporter, Radar

Iran (1)
 March 18
Omidreza Mirsayafi, blogger, Rooznegar

Iraq (3)
 
 May 31
Alaa Abdel-Wahab, journalist, Al-Baghdadia

 March 10
Haider Hashima and Suhaib Adnan, journalists, Al-Baghdadia

Kenya (1)
January 15
Francis Nyaruri (Mong’are Mokua), journalist, Weekly Citizen

Madagascar (1)
February 7
Ando Ratovonirina, journalist, Radio et Télévision Analamanga (RTA)

 

 

 Nepal (1)
January 12
Uma Singh, journalist, Janakpur Today and “Radio Today FM

Nigeria (1)
September 20
Bayo Ohu, editor, Nigerian daily The Guardian


Pakistan (8)

August 24
Janullah Hashimzada, journalist, Shamshad Television 

August 14
Siddique Bacha Khan, journalist, Aaj TV

April 16
Wasi Ahmed, journalist, Balochistan Express

March 26
Raja Asad Hameed, journalist, The Nation and Waqt TV

February 18
Musa Khankhel, journalist, Geo TV
and The News daily

 

January 24
Aamir Wakil, journalist, Awami Inqilab

January 4
Muhammad Imran, cameraman, Express TV

 

 

 

 

Palestinian Territories (1)
January 6
Basel Faraj, cameraman, Algerian TV network ENTV and the Palestine Broadcast Production Company

Philippines (37)

November 23
A reported 30 journalists were killed in the province of Maguindanao

July 27
Godofredo Linao, commentator, Radyo Natin

 June 12
Antonio Castillo, journalist, Bigwad

 June 9
Crispin Perez Jr, journalist, dwDO and Radyo Natin

June 3
Jonathan Petalvero, commentator, dxVM-FM

June 3
Jojo Trajano, journalist, Remate

 

 

January 22
Badrodin Abbas, journalist, Filipino radio station DXCM

Russia (5)
August 11
Malik Akhmedilov, deputy editor, Hakikat

 July 15
Natalya Esteminova, journalist, Novaya Gazeta and news website Kavkazsky Uzel

June 29
Vyacheslav Iarochenko, editor-in-chief, Rostov-on-Don  

January 19
Anastasiya Baburova, correspondent, Novaya Gazeta

 January 5
Shafig Amrakhov, editor, online news agency RIA 51

 

 

Somalia (6)
July 4
Mohamud Mohamed Yusuf, commentator, Radio Holy Quran

 

June 8
Mukhtar Mohamed Hirabe, director, Radio Shabelle

May 26
Nur Muse Hussein, correspondent, Radio IQK

May 22
Abdirisak Mohamed Warsame, correspondent, Radio Shabelle

February 4
Said Tahlil Ahmed, director, HornAfrik Radio

January 1
Hassan Mayow Hassan, correspondent, Radio Shabelle

Sri Lanka (2)
February 14

Puniyamoorthy Sathiyamoorthy, journalist, Media House

January 8
Lasantha Wickrematunga, editor, Sunday Leader
Venezuela (1)
January 16
Orel Zambrano, editor, ABC

 

 

February 23
Ernesto Rollin, reporter, Filipino radio station DxSY-AM

 

January 4
Saleem Tahir Awan, journalist, local dailies Eitedal and Apna Akhbar

 

Mexico (7)
November 2

José Bladimir Antuna García, journalist, El Tiempo de Durango 

October 11
Fabian Ramirez Lopez, commentator, La Magia

September 23
Norberto Miranda Madrid, journalist, Radio Visión

July 28
Juan Daniel Martinez Gil, commentator, W Radio and Radiorama Acapulco

 May 25
Eliseo Barron Hernandez, journalist, El Tiempo de Durango

 May 3
Carlos Ortega Melo Samper, journalist, La Opinion

 February 13
Jean Paul Ibarra, photographer, El Correo

 

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