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Iraqi police discovered the body of al-Khakani, 45, an editor and news presenter at Jumhuriyat al-Iraq radio, and that of his cousin, in Baghdad’s western neighborhood of Al-Jihad. The bodies had several gunshot wounds, al-Khakani’s brother, Majid, told CPJ. Gunmen abducted the two on February 4. The family identified the journalist on February 19 in…

Gunmen abducted al-Zubaidi, an editor for the independent weekly Al-Ahali, in early morning in Baghdad’s eastern neighborhood of Al-Saleekh, a source at the paper told CPJ. Although there are conflicting dates for al-Zubaidi’s death, the source said he was killed on January 28. People identifying themselves as the abductors contacted al-Zubaidi’s family and demanded $20,000…

Gunmen abducted al-Duleimi, a producer for the privately owned Nahrain satellite channel, as he left work in Baghdad’s Al-Aamel neighborhood, a source at Nahrain told CPJ. He had driven only about 650 feet (200 meters) from the station when he was seized. Late that night, eyewitnesses saw his body being thrown on a pile of…

Chikomba, a veteran cameraman formerly with the state-run Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), was abducted on March 29 near his home in the capital, Harare, by a group of armed men in a four-wheel drive vehicle, according to the Media Institute of South Africa, local journalists, and news reports. He was found dead two days later…

The body of al-Mashhadani, 29, was found by Iraqi security forces in Baghdad’s northwestern district of Al-Shoula three days after he was abducted. Al-Mashhadani, a reporter for Saudi Arabia’s daily newspaper Al-Watan, was abducted on his way home from work between the northwestern Baghdad districts of Al-Shoula and Al-Ghazaliya, according to CPJ sources. Colleagues told…

Taliban fighters beheaded reporter Ajmal Naqshbandi in the Garmsir district of Helmand province after the Afghan government refused demands to free jailed Taliban leaders in exchange for the journalist’s release. Naqshbandi was abducted on March 4 with La Repubblica reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo and the group’s driver, Sayed Agha, in Helmand province. Agha was slain a…

Mijthab’s body was found in Baghdad’s main morgue four days after he was abducted by armed men. Mijthab, who worked with the government-run daily Al-Sabah, suffered bullet wounds to the head, the independent news agency Voices of Iraq reported. There was no claim of responsibility. Insurgent and other armed groups have frequently targeted Al-Sabah and…

Armed men believed to be associated with Nepal’s Maoist party abducted freelance reporter Thakuri from his home in Mahendranagar, a city in Kanchanpur district, at around 10 a.m., on July 5, 2007. The journalist’s body was not recovered, but local police later classified the investigation as a murder case. Thakuri edited and published the royalist…

The body of Qadir, a freelance cameraman who worked occasionally for Fox News and other media organizations in Iraq, was found on or about June 29 with several bullet wounds, according to the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory, a local Iraqi press freedom group. He had been abducted by unknown assailants in Baghdad about a week earlier….

Al-Chidiac, who headed a Fatqa transmission facility for the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC), was killed during Israeli air attacks on television transmitters and telephone towers in north Lebanon, according to news reports and CPJ interviews. The airstrikes came during the 34-day conflict between Israeli forces and the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah. Israeli forces targeted media…