Tag: journalist

Monday, March 14th 2022 - 09:36 UTC
Russians blamed for the killing of US reporter in Ukraine

US film reporter Brent Renaud was killed Sunday in Ukraine when his vehicle was hit at a checkpoint just outside Kyiv, specifically in Irpin.
Thursday, February 13th 2020 - 09:56 UTC
Suspects of journalist terrorist killing in Londonderry arrested and charged

Police in Northern Ireland on Wednesday charged a middle-aged man with the 2019 murder of journalist Lyra McKee, who was shot dead during rioting in the city of Londonderry.
Thursday, February 13th 2020 - 09:05 UTC
Investigation into French connection of killing of Maltese journalist

French justice officials have opened an investigation in connection with the 2017 killing of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia to determine if there was a French connection, they said on Wednesday.
Monday, December 23rd 2019 - 08:40 UTC
Bolsonaro back steps after telling a journalist he had “the face of a homosexual”

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday that it was wrong for him to tell a journalist a day earlier that he had “the face of a homosexual.”
Friday, April 19th 2019 - 09:26 UTC
Londonderry “terrorist incident”: young journalist shot dead

A journalist has been shot dead in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in what police are treating as a “terrorist incident”. Dissident republicans are being blamed for killing 29-year-old Lyra McKee during rioting after police searches in Derry's Creggan area on Thursday night. Petrol bombs were also thrown at police Land Rovers.
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:37 UTC
Ex Serbian spies jailed for the murder of an outspoken journalist in 1999

Four former Serbian spies have been jailed for the murder of journalist Slavko Curuvija in 1999. A Belgrade court jailed two of the defendants for 30 years each, while two others received 20-year sentences. Curuvija, an outspoken critic of the late Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, was gunned down outside his apartment.
Tuesday, March 12th 2019 - 19:31 UTC
Bachelet “concerned” about the arrest of Venezuelan journalist and activist Luis Carlos Díaz

Luis Carlos Diaz, a Venezuelan journalist who is an expert in networks and critical of the Nicolás Maduro regime, was arrested on Monday, without capture order, by the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN) after leaving his radio program, denounced his wife and colleague Naky Soto. On Tuesday, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, referred to the arrest and asked the authorities for “urgent access” for her technical mission in Venezuela to Díaz.
Friday, May 3rd 2013 - 03:00 UTC
Ban Ki-moon on World Press Freedom Day: “When it is safe to speak, the whole world benefits.”

United Nations officials issued a call to action to ensure the safety of journalists in every country, echoing Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon who declared; “When it is safe to speak, the whole world benefits”.
Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 21:49 UTC
World Press Freedom Day: “One news provider killed every five days”

Today Amy 3, World Press Freedom Day 2012, Reporters Without Borders condemns the furious pace of physical attacks on news providers and reports that a total of 21 journalists, and 6 citizen journalists have been killed since the start of 2012, many of them in war zones such as Somalia and Syria. This is a rate of one news provider killed every five days.
Tuesday, February 15th 2011 - 23:02 UTC
Worldwide in 2010, 44 journalists were killed; most vulnerable local reporters

At least 44 journalists were killed worldwide because of their jobs last year, with Pakistan the deadliest country to work in, a rights group said Tuesday.