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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NUJ condemns killing of Al Jazeera journalist
NUJ sends condolences to family and friends of respected journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
Pakistan's government must ensure safety of journalists
The NUJ has condemned attacks against media workers in Pakistan, resulting in the death of journalist Zia-Ur-Rehman Farooqi.
NUJ members remember Lyra McKee on the anniversary of her death
NUJ's Belfast and District branch unveiled a new banner to mark the third anniversary of journalist Lyra McKee's death.
Ukraine: journalist Mantas Kvedaravicius killed
NUJ joins condemnation of the "deliberate killing" as deaths of media workers since the war's inception rises.
Ukraine: Russian journalist Oksana Baulina killed
NUJ condemns journalists' death adding to the rising number of media workers killed during the war on Ukraine.
Ukraine: US journalist Brent Renaud killed
The NUJ condemns the targeted attack and murder of journalist Brent Renaud.
Support for inquiry into Martin O’Hagan’s death
Delegates at the Irish Congress of Trade Unions biennial delegate conference, Belfast, have unanimously supported the NUJ’s campaign for an independen...
End impunity for the killing of Martin O'Hagan
For 20 years the NUJ has campaigned for justice.
NUJ calls for an expert panel to investigate the murder of Martin O’Hagan
On the 20th anniversary of the death of the Sunday World journalist, Michelle Stanistreet said the failure to secure a conviction of his killers is a ...
NUJ sends condolences to the family and friends of Peter R De Vries
The Dutch crime reporter who was shot on the streets of Amsterdam last Thursday has died.
Remembering Veronica Guerin
NUJ members marked the anniversary of the murder of Sunday Independent journalist and member Veronica Guerin.
NUJ calls for justice for Lyra McKee
NUJ supports calls by the family for witnesses in the Creggan area of Derry on 18 April 2019 to come forward with any information which may assist in ...
Afghanistan: three female media workers killed in separate attacks
The NUJ has joined condemnation of the killers of three female journalists from Afghanistan’s Enikass TV who were shot dead by unknown gunmen in two s...
IFJ records 60 killings of media workers in 2020
The year 2020 will go down in history as the year of an unprecedented global pandemic crisis, but also as the year of the resurgence of murders of jou...
NUJ condemns execution of dissident journalist
The killing of dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam was a "brutal execution" by the Iranian state.
IFJ mourns 42 media workers killed in 2020
IFJ publishes annual killed list including numbers in jail globally, with 30 year overview and analysis.
NUJ condemns killing of Afghan journalist
Union extends condolences to colleagues, families and friends, and raises key safety concerns affecting journalists locally and globally
NUJ supports UN complaints against Israel's treatment of Palestinian journalists
The complaint relates to Israel's systematic targeting of journalists working in Palestine and its failure to properly investigate the killings of med...