Aqeel Mohammad Waqar, Afghanistan

Gunmen shot dead journalist Aqeel Mohammad Waqar, of local radio station “Spin Ghar”, on Jan. 16, 2015 as he was attending a wedding in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province. Colleagues attributed responsibility for the murder to militant or organised criminal groups, the Consortium for Press Freedom reported.

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