Philippines radio commentator Datu Roy Quijada Gallego was killed on Sunday by unknown hit-men on a motorcycle as he drove on his motorcycle on the national highway in the Surigao del Sur province in Mindanao. Gallego was reportedly declared dead upon arrival at the Lianga District Hospital. Police said that Gallego’s murder may be linked […]

The International Press Institute is deeply disturbed by the killing of a Chinese journalist, who was beaten to death while investigating an unlicensed coalmine. China Trade News reporter Lan Chengzhang, 35, and two colleagues were attacked in Datong’s Hunyuan county, in the northern province of Shanxi, on 9 January. Lan died in hospital on the […]

A reporter for the BBC World Service and Pajhwok Afghan News agency was killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan today, for which the Taliban has claimed responsibility, according to the BBC and other international news reports. Ahmad Omed Khpalwak, 25, had worked as a stringer for the BBC Pashto service since 2008 and had […]

A cameraman for Iranian English-language news network Press TV has died nearly a week after he was injured when a rocket hit the network’s Kabul office as gunmen attacked buildings near the U.S. embassy and NATO headquarters. Press TV reported Tuesday that Farhad Taqaddosi died in a hospital in the Afghan capital city earlier that […]