Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Bombings kill 9 journalists in Kabul

A double suicide bombing in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Monday killed more than 25 people, including nine journalists, and injured many more. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attacks. The first bombing occurred around 8 a.m. local time in the Shashdarak area close to several government institutions and the NATO headquarters in the country. A […]

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WPFD: Corruption reporting a leading cause of journalist killings in past 12 months

On February 22 this year, police found the bodies of Ján Kuciak, a reporter with the news website Aktuality.sk, and his girlfriend at his home in Slovakia. Kuciak had been investigating corruption in government; his reporting exposing links between an Italian crime mafia and some members of the Slovak government was published after his death. […]

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Two months after journalist murder, Slovakia still waits for real change

Zur deutschen Version Today marks two months since Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak and his partner, archaeologist Martina Kušnírová, were found shot dead, execution-style, in their home in the town of Veľká Mača. Police immediately suspected that the murder was related to Kuciak’s work as an investigative journalist for the online news site Aktuality.sk, where he […]

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Zwei Monate nach Journalistenmord wartet die Slowakei immer noch auf einen Systemwandel

Read in English Heute ist es genau zwei Monate her, dass der slowakische Journalist Ján Kuciak und seine Verlobte, die Archäologin Martina Kušnírová, exekutionsartig ermordet in ihrem Haus in Veľká Mača aufgefunden wurden. Die Polizei vermutete sofort, dass der Mord etwas mit Kuciaks Arbeit als Enthüllungsjournalist für die Online-Nachrichtenseite Aktuality.sk zu tun hatte. Dort berichtete […]

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