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NEWS ABOUT: journalists killed

journalists killed stories: 13 news summaries

 Times Scribe 
 Recounts Ordeal 
 as 'Taliban Embed 
 at Gunpoint' 

Afghanis, negotiators angered by operation that killed Steven Farrell's interpreter

Sep 10, 09 3:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four days in the hands of the Taliban often felt more like a tour of insurgent territory than a hostage ordeal, writes rescued New York Times journalist Stephen Farrell. The militants struck his interpreter, Sultan Munadi, with a rifle when the two were seized, but did not mistreat them afterward—... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • New York Times • journalists killed • journalist • British military • Stephen Farrell • Sultan Munadi

 Kidnapped Times 
 Reporter Freed in 
 Deadly Rescue 

Afghan interpreter, British commando die in operation

Sep 9, 09 4:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - A New York Times reporter held hostage by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan was freed today when British troops raided the militants' compound, but his Afghan interpreter and a British commando were killed during the rescue. Stephen Farrell was abducted Saturday while covering the aftermath of the NATO strike on... More »

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Afghanistan • New York Times • journalists killed • Afghanistan war • David Rohde • Stephen Farrell

Russian High Court Reopens Case of Murdered Journalist

Suspicion of Anna Politkovskaya's killers leads to Chechnya

Sep 3, 09 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia's supreme court ordered a new investigation into the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the crusading journalist whose killers have not yet been found, reports the Guardian. The move received a cautious welcome from Politkovskaya's lawyer, who welcomed a new manhunt but said, "Whether the general prosecutor will use this... More »

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Russia • Chechnya • journalists killed • journalist • Anna Politkovskaya • Ramzan Kadurov • Natalya Estemirova

Russia Orders Retrial in Journalist's Murder

Supreme Court throws out acquittals in Politkovskaya case

Jun 25, 09 5:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia's Supreme Court has overturned the acquittals of three men in the murder of crusading journalist Anna Politkovskaya, and ordered a retrial, reports the BBC. Prosecutors claimed that judicial irregularities and misinformation led to an improper verdict, and Politkovskaya's newspaper colleagues have accused the police of shoddy work. Despite international... More »

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Russia • Moscow • murder • Kremlin • Chechnya • journalists killed • journalist • Anna Politkovskaya • Novaya Gazeta

 4 Acquitted in Russian 
 Journalist's Murder 

Politkovskaya's killer remains at large after shambolic trial

Feb 19, 09 8:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Four men were acquitted today on charges related to the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, a prominent Russian journalist shot dead in 2006. Two Chechen brothers and a former Moscow policeman were found not guilty of offering operational support to her killer, and a Russian spy was cleared in a related... More »

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Russia • murder • Chechnya • journalists killed • journalist • Anna Politkovskaya • Novaya Gazeta • Ramzan Kadurov

Editor Fingers Killers From Beyond Grave

Slain Sri Lankan journo blames gov't in posthumous editorial

Jan 13, 09 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Days after the murder of Sri Lanka's best-known independent journalist, his newspaper has published a 2,500 word editorial from "beyond the grave" that accuses the government of orchestrating his death. Lasantha Wickrematunge was shot dead on Thursday after 15 years of dogged reporting on the country's civil war.... More »

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murder • Sri Lanka • journalism • journalists killed • journalist • South Asia

 Mexico's Drug Lords
 Target Reporters 

Station attack comes with clear message to drop coverage

Jan 8, 09 1:10 PM CST
(Newser) - The epidemic of violence related to Mexico's drug trade has spilled over into media coverage of the situation, with drug lords attempting to scare journalists out of doing their jobs. Mexico is one of the most dangerous places in the world for reporters, reports the Christian Science Monitor: Eleven died... More »

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media • Mexico • free speech • threats • Mexican drug war • journalists killed • drug cartel • Committee to Protect Journalists • narco-terrorism • Monterrey

 2 Journalists Killed in Russia 

TV reporters killed in Moscow, Dagestan

Mar 22, 08 5:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two journalists have been killed in separate incidents in Russia, AFP reports. A reporter for state-run television was found strangled and stabbed in his Moscow apartment. Only hours earlier he had written a blog post saying "Now I'm a dissident!" The man had worked in Dagestan and elsewhere... More »

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Russia • television • Moscow • journalism • Chechnya • journalists killed • Dagestan

'07 a Deadly Year for Journalists

Number of reporters killed nears record

Dec 18, 07 5:20 AM CST
(Newser) - This year has been the deadliest for journalists in more than a decade, reports AP.  A media watchdog group said yesterday that 64 journalists in 17 countries have died while covering the news. Most of the deaths—31—occurred in Iraq, which leads the list for the fifth year.... More »

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correspondent • reporter • journalists killed • Iraq violence

Washington Post Reporter Killed in Iraq

Shot taking photos in embattled neighborhood

Oct 15, 07 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Washington Post correspondent in Iraq was killed yesterday reporting from one of the  most volatile neighborhoods in Baghdad. Iraqi Salih Saif Aldin, 32, was shot in the head while taking photographs of burned-out homes. US news organizations rely heavily on Iraqi correspondents willing to  brave the hazards outside the... More »

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Iraq • Mahdi Army • Green Zone • Washington Post • journalists killed • Tikrit • Salih Saif Aldin • Sadiyah • Sudarsan Raghavan • Al Iraq Al Yawm • David E. Hoffman

2 Politkovskaya Suspects Freed

Cracks showing in case of murdered Russian journalist

Aug 30, 07 6:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two of the 10 suspects arrested Monday in the death of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya were released today, the AP reports, a move that could indicate the prosecution's case is tenuous. A third person taken into custody in the October murder of Politkovskaya—a sharp critic of the government of... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • journalists killed • Anna Politkovskaya

Times Staffer Slain in Baghdad

Reporter-interpreter becomes 110th journalist killed since 2003 US invasion

Jul 13, 07 6:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Iraqi reporter in the New York Times Baghdad bureau was shot and killed today on his way to work. Khalid Hassan, 23, is the second Iraqi Times employee and the 110th journalist killed in Iraq since 2003. Bureau chief John F. Burns described Hassan, a  4-year Times ... More »

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Iraq • New York Times • Baghdad • Iraq death toll • Iraqis killed • Bill Keller • John Burns • Khalid Hassan • journalists killed • Saidiya • Iraq war

Halberstam Dies in Car Crash

Prize-winning writer who blended journalism with history was 73

Apr 23, 07 10:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - David Halberstam, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who wrote definitive annals of everything from the Vietnam War to pro football, was killed in a car crash in Menlo Park, Calif., today. Halberstam, who wrote 21 books, was on his way to interview former New York Giants quarterback Y.A. Tittle when... More »

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sports • Vietnam • David Halberstam • obituary • Pulitzer Prize • Menlo Park • journalism • car crash • journalists killed • traffic fatalities

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