Journalists killed news
Journalists continue to be targeted with impunity in every corner of the world – media workers are brutalized, gunned down and kidnapped by the enemies of press freedom.
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National Union of Journalists stands in solidarity over journalists killed in Gaza
Appeal for support for those working in "horrific circumstances"
Stand up for Palestinian journalists on 10 October!
NUJ joins International Federation of Journalists in calling for solidarity action
Lyra trial adjourned after harrowing evidence
The trial of three men charged with the murder of journalist and NUJ member Lyra McKee was adjourned on Friday until June 13th, following harrowing ev...
Pakistan: journalist killed in bomb blast on World Press Freedom Day
Khuzdar Press Club President and senior journalist Muhammad Siddique Mengal was killed on May 3, after an unidentified man placed and detonated an exp...
Lyra McKee murder trial delayed
Unresolved legal arguments hinder hearing
NUJ members rally for International Workers Memorial Day
Irish representatives gather at Irish Congress of Trade Unions memorial
Fifth anniversary of the death of journalist Lyra McKee marked by the NUJ
"Her killing deprived us of a brave and challenging voice" says NUJ Irish secretary
UK government responds to NUJ concerns over journalists in Palestine
The union says more needs to be done to end the death toll for journalists, calls for the bombardments to cease and international effort to secure a j...
Ninety-four journalists killed in 2023, says IFJ
Publishing ahead of International Human Rights Day, on the 10th December, the International Federation of Journalists insists that far greater action ...
Candlelight vigil in solidarity with journalists in Gaza
Journalists killed in the Israeli attacks on Gaza were remembered by a candlelit vigil in Brussels organised by the International Federation of Journa...
Palestine: at least 45 journalists and media workers killed in Gaza
IFJ and NUJ call for an immediate investigation into their deaths. NUJ Brussels branch holds a candlelit vigil on Monday 27 November.
Philippines: radio anchor shot dead during live broadcast
Radio anchor Juan Jumalon was killed by an unidentified assailant inside his home-based studio in the southern Misamis Occidental province while live...
Palestine: IFJ responds to accusations that Israel is targeting journalists in Gaza
NUJ joins concerns as the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) hears reports from Gaza that Israeli forces are targeting journalists.
Israel: UN concludes that IDF "intentionally or recklessly" killed Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
The UN report concluded the Israeli security forces used lethal force without justification. UPDATE: Shireen Abu Akleh shrine has been desecrated in t...
Lebanon: Israeli strike kills Reuters journalist and injures six others
Reuters video journalist Issam Abdallah was killed on 13 October by an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon, while providing video signal for broadcaste...
Palestine: at least six journalists killed in Gaza
Six Palestinian journalists have been killed, several injured and others are missing during on-going military operations between Hamas and Israel in t...
Irish government pressed to hold an investigation into the murder of Martin O’Hagan
NUJ writes to Micheál Martin, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, renewing its call for urgent action 22 years after Martin O'Hagan's death.
On the anniversary of Martin O’Hagan’s death, the NUJ renews its call for an international investigation
The Sunday World investigative journalist was killed by a paramilitary gang in Lurgan on September 28, 2001.
DM2023: tribute to Dom Phillips
Domonique Davies, niece of the environmental journalist killed in Brazil, spoke to conference.
IFJ killing list reveals 68 deaths of media workers and 375 in prison
The International Federation of Journalists has published its full annual report on journalists and media staff killed and those behind bars in 2022.