Committee to Protect Journalists
13 Journalists Murdered in Afghanistan since 1992
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Statistical Analysis
- Beats Covered by Victims
- Job
- Medium
- Gender
- Local / Foreign
- Freelance
- Suspected Source of Fire in Murder Cases
- Impunity
- Murder Victims
Job * | |
| 31% | Broadcast reporter |
| 15% | Camera Operator |
| 8% | Editor |
| 8% | Photographer |
| 38% | Print reporter/writer |
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Medium * | |
| 54% | |
| 38% | Radio |
| 15% | Television |
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Gender | |
| 77% | Male |
| 23% | Female |
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Local / Foreign | |
| 38% | Local |
| 62% | Foreign |
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Murder Victims | |
| 54% | Taken Captive |
| 23% | Threatened |
Impunity in Murder Cases | |
| 69% | Complete impunity |
| 31% | Full justice |
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Suspected Source of Fire in Murder Cases | |
| 15% | Criminal group |
| 8% | Local Residents |
| 31% | Paramilitary Group |
| 23% | Political Group |
| 23% | Unknown |
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Beats Covered by Victims * | |
| 8% | Crime |
| 8% | Human Rights |
| 46% | Politics |
| 77% | War |
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Freelance | |
| 15% | Freelance |
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All figures are rounded to the nearest full percentage point. * May add up to more than 100 percent because more than one category applies in some cases.
13 Journalists Murdered in Afghanistan
Terminology explainedAbdul Samad Rohani, BBC and Pajhwok Afghan News
June 7 or 8, 2008, in Lashkar Gah, AfghanistanCarsten Thomassen, Dagbladet
January 15, 2008, in Kabul, AfghanistanZakia Zaki, Sada-i-Sulh
June 4, 2007, in Parwan province, AfghanistanAjmal Naqshbandi, freelance
April 8, 2007, in Helmand province, AfghanistanChristian Struwe, freelance
October 7, 2006, in Baghlan, AfghanistanKaren Fischer, freelance
October 7, 2006, in Baghlan, AfghanistanUlf Strömberg, TV4
November 26, 2001, in Taloqan, AfghanistanHarry Burton, Reuters Television
November 19, 2001, in Nangarhar Province, AfghanistanAzizullah Haidari, Reuters
November 19, 2001, in Nangarhar Province, AfghanistanJulio Fuentes, El Mundo
November 19, 2001, in Nangarhar Province, AfghanistanMaria Grazia Cutuli, Corriere della Serra
November 19, 2001, in Nangarhar Province, AfghanistanMahmoud Saremi, Iranian News Agency (IRNA)
August 8, 1998, in Mazar-i-Sharif, AfghanistanMirwais Jalil, BBC World Service
July 29, 1994, in an area near Kabul, AfghanistanCPJ’s Global Campaign Against Impunity is underwritten by
