Annual report about killed journalists 2007
(figures as of December 17, 2007)

DATE.....NAME...........................................PROFESSION.............................................COUNTRY

5 Jan........Ahmed Hadi Naji............................cameraman.......................................................IRAQ
10 Jan......Lan Chengzhang..............................print reporter..................................................CHINA
11 Jan......Fessehaye "Joshua" Yohannes.....editor & publisher...........................................ERITREA
12 Jan......Khoudr Younes al-Obaidi...............freelance...........................................................IRAQ
14 Jan......Yassin Aid Assef.............................print correspondent..........................................IRAQ
15 Jan......Falah Khalaf Al Diyali....................print journalist..................................................IRAQ
19 Jan......Hrant Dink.......................................print editor......................................................TURKEY
19 Jan......Jean-Rémy Badiau...........................photographer...................................................HAITI
28 Jan......Munjid Al Tumaimi..........................freelance photographer....................................IRAQ
8 Feb.......Robson Barbosa Bezerra................freelance photographer.....................................BRAZIL
9 Feb.......Samuel Enin.....................................radio news editor.............................................GHANA
16 Feb.....Ali Mohammed Omar......................radio newscaster..............................................SOMALIA
17 Feb......Rahman Qul....................................print editor.................................................AFGHANISTAN
19 Feb......Hernani Pastolero...........................print editor-in-chief......................................PHILIPPINES
19 Feb......Abderrazak Hashim Ayal................radio editor........................................................IRAQ
24 Feb......Jamal al-Zubaidi..............................print editor.........................................................IRAQ
2 Mar.......Ivan Safronov..................................military correspondent......................................RUSSIA
4 Mar.......Mohan Hussein al-Dhahir.................print editor......................................................IRAQ
6 Mar.......Jamal Uddin....................................print correspondent...................................BANGLADESH
7 Mar.......Yussef Sabri....................................cameraman........................................................IRAQ
16 Mar......Miguel Pérez Julca..........................radio commentator...........................................PERU
16 Mar......Hussein al-Jaburi...........................print editor..........................................................IRAQ
19 Mar......Hamid al-Duleimi............................TV producer......................................................IRAQ
31 Mar......Edward Chikomba.........................cameraman.....................................................ZIMBABWE
5 Apr........Thaer Ahmad Jaber.........................TV director........................................................IRAQ
5 Apr........Husain Nizaer..................................trainee journalist...............................................IRAQ
6 Apr........Khamaail Khalaf Mohsin.................radio reporter...................................................IRAQ
8 Apr........Ajmal Nakshbandi...........................freelance...................................................AFGHANISTAN
12 Apr.......Iman Yussef Abdallah.....................radio journalist..................................................IRAQ
16 Apr.......Subash Chandraboas....................print editor....................................................SRI LANKA
18 Apr.......Carmelo Palacios............................print reporter..............................................PHILIPPINES
23 Apr.......Saúl Noé Martínez Ortega..............print reporter & editor..................................MEXICO
28 Apr.......Mehboob Khan..............................photographer.................................................PAKISTAN
29 Apr.......Selvarajah Rajivarnam..................print reporter................................................SRI LANKA
3 May........Mario Rolando López Sánchez.....radio producer...........................................GUATEMALA
5 May........Mohammed Abdullahi Khalif........radio reporter.................................................SOMALIA
5 May........Luiz Carlos Barbon Filho................radio columnist................................................BRAZIL
6 May........Dmitry Chebotayev.........................freelance..........................................................IRAQ
9 May........Imad Abdul-Razzaq al-Obaid..........news agency writer.........................................IRAQ
9 May........Ageel Abdul Qader.........................news agency writer..........................................IRAQ
9 May........Raad Mutashar...............................news agency owner & director........................IRAQ
13 May......Suleiman Abdul-Rahim al-Ashi.......print editor...................................................PALESTINE
15 May......Issam Mohammad Awad al-Joujou.online journalist...........................................PALESTINE
16 May......Abshir Ali Gabre..............................radio editor...................................................SOMALIA
16 May......Ahmed Hassan Mahad...................radio reporter................................................SOMALIA
16 May......Alix Joseph......................................radio manager..................................................HAITI
17 May......Alaa Uldeen Aziz.............................cameraman.......................................................IRAQ
17 May......Saif Laith Yousuf...........................TV soundman.....................................................IRAQ
20 May......Ali Khalil.......................................print editor..........................................................IRAQ
21 May......Dodie Nunez..................................photojournalist............................................PHILIPPINES
23 May......François Latour.............................radio presenter....................................................HAITI
26 May......Aidan Abdallah Al-Jamiji...............TV journalist.......................................................IRAQ
28 May......Abdul Rahman al-Issawi...............news agency reporter...........................................IRAQ
28 May......Mahmoud Hassib al-Qassab..........print editor-in-chief.............................................IRAQ
30 May......Nazar Abdulwahid al-Radhi...........radio correspondent.............................................IRAQ
31 May......Saif Fakhry....................................cameraman...........................................................IRAQ
2 Jun..........Noor Hakim Kahn.........................print correspondent.......................................PAKISTAN
5 Jun..........Zakia Zaki......................................radio director............................................AFGHANISTAN
7 Jun..........Sahar Hussein Ali al-Haydari..........print correspondent............................................IRAQ
9 Jun..........Mohammed Hilal Karji....................TV correspondent...............................................IRAQ
11 Jun........Aref Ali Filaih.................................print correspondent..............................................IRAQ
13 Jun........Serge Maheshe Kasole...................radio editor............................................D.R. OF CONGO
15 Jun........Filaih Wadi Mijthab........................print reporter........................................................IRAQ
17 Jun........Noor Ahmed Solangi......................print reporter..................................................PAKISTAN
24 Jun........Zeena Shakir Mahmoud..................print journalist.....................................................IRAQ
25 Jun........Vicente Sumalpong.........................radio announcer............................................PHILIPPINES
25 Jun........Rahim Al-Maliki..............................TV journalist........................................................IRAQ
26 Jun........Hamed Sarhan.................................print reporter........................................................IRAQ
28 Jun........Sarmad Hamdi Al-Hassani..............TV journalist........................................................IRAQ
28 Jun........Louaï Souleimane............................print journalist....................................................IRAQ
30 Jun........Geruncio Oscar Mondejar..............radio commentator..................................PHILIPPINES
3 Jul...........Javed Kahn....................................cameraman....................................................PAKISTAN
5 Jul...........Jorge Alejandro Castañeda Martínez......photographer..................................GUATEMALA
12 Jul..........Namir Noor-Eldeen......................photographer..........................................................IRAQ
13 Jul..........Khalid W. Hassan.........................print reporter and interpreter...............................IRAQ
16 Jul..........Mustafa Gaimayani........................print editor..........................................................IRAQ
16 Jul..........Majeed Mohammed......................sport reporter......................................................IRAQ
27 Jul..........Adnane al-Safi...............................TV and radio reporter..........................................IRAQ
1 Aug..........Nilakshan Sahapavan.....................student editor................................................SRI LANKA
2 Aug..........Chauncey Bailey............................print editor...............................................UNITED STATES
9 Aug..........Patrick Kikuku Wilungula...............photographer...........................................D.R. OF CONGO
11 Aug........Mahad Ahmed Elmi.......................radio director..................................................SOMALIA
11 Aug........Ali Iman Sharmarke.......................radio director.................................................SOMALIA
22 Aug........Tito Alberto Palma Godoy.............radio reporter..............................................PARAGUAY
24 Aug........Abdulkadir Moallim Kaskey..........radio correspondent......................................SOMALIA
3 Sept.........Amir Al-Rashidy............................cameraman............................................................IRAQ
5 Sept.........Javier Darío Arroyave....................radio director..............................................COLOMBIA
27 Sept.......Kenji Nagai...................................photographer..................................................MYANMAR
5 Oct..........Birendra Kumar Shah....................journalist..............................................................NEPAL
14 Oct........Salih Saif Aldin..............................journalist.................................................................IRAQ
15 Oct........Dhi Abdul-Razak al-Dibo..............journalist.................................................................IRAQ
18 Oct........Azar Abbas Haidri........................reporter................................................................PAKISTAN
18 Oct........Carlos Salgado..............................radio journalist....................................................HONDURAS
19 Oct........Muhammad Arif............................cameraman...........................................................PAKISTAN
19 Oct........Bashir Nur Gedi...............................radio manager...................................................SOMALIA
28 Oct........Shehab Mohammad al-Hiti..............editor...................................................................IRAQ
27 Nov........Isaivizhi Chempiyan........................radio journalist..............................................SRI LANKA
27 Nov........Suresh Linbiyo................................radio technician.............................................SRI LANKA
27 Nov........T.Tharmalingam..............................radio staff....................................................SRI LANKA
8 Dec.........Gerardo Israel García Pimentel......print journalist...............................................MEXICO
10 Dec.........Miguel Ángel Amaya Pérez..........radio announcer...........................................GUATEMALA

102 total

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