List of journalists killed in 2017

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

Name of journalist	Job	Date of death	Country of origin	Country of death	Details of death
						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
Azory Gwanda	journalist for Mwananchi Communications	on or after 21 November	Tanzania	Tanzania	Gwanda was kidnapped from his home on November 21. He has not been seen since. In 2019, Amnesty International reported he had been killed. [4]
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" [5]
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 [6]
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 [7]
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	Philippines	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

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. "Justice must be done for dead Tanzania journalist Azory Gwanda". Amnesty International. 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2025-04-25.
5. "UNESCO Condemns Killing Of Tripura Journalist Sudip Datta Bhaumik" . Retrieved 2018-02-05.
6. "Tripura Journalist Santanu Bhowmik 'Hacked To Death' While Covering IPFT Agitation".
7. "'Fearless' Indian journalist shot dead". 6 September 2017 – via www.bbc.com.

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