United States Agency for Global Media

Our Journalists, Under Threat

The right to free and open access to news and information should be universal, but threats to a free press persist. Journalists reporting for USAGM networks face risks every day. USAGM strongly condemns these actions, which violate international standards by suppressing independent media and targeting journalists doing their jobs.

Cases We're Watching

Fallen journalists

Vira Hyrych

Killed 04/28/2022

Mohammad Ilyas Dayee

Killed 11/12/2020

Sabawoon Kakar

Killed 04/30/2018

Abadullah Hananzai

Killed 04/30/2018

Maharram Durrani

Killed 04/30/2018

Ali Nur Siad

Killed 10/14/2017

Almigdad Mojalli

Killed 01/17/2016

Mohammed Ali Nuxurkey

Killed 03/19/2013

Mukarram Khan Aatif

Killed 01/17/2012

Alisher Saipov

Killed 10/24/2007

Nazar Abdulwahid Al-Radhi

Killed 05/30/2007

Khamail Muhsin Khalaf

Killed 04/05/2007

Ogulsapar Muradova

Killed 09/2006

Abdul-Hussein Khazal

Killed 02/09/2005

Iskandar Khatloni

Killed 09/21/2000

Ricardo de Mello

Killed 01/18/1995

Georgi Markov

Killed 09/11/1978

Abdulrachmann Fatalibey

Killed 11/20/1954

Leonid Karas

Killed 09/1954