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Director-General condemns killing of journalist Zia-Ur-Rehman Farooqi in Pakistan

UNESCO DirectorGeneral Audrey Azoulay has condemned the killing of journalist ZiaUrRehman Farooqi in the Khanewal district of Pakistans Punjab province on 28 April

Director-General condemns killing of prominent journalist Iftikhar Ahmed in Pakistan

Audrey Azoulay DirectorGeneral of UNESCO has condemned the killing of journalist Iftikhar Ahmed in the town of Charsadda Pakistan on 2 July

Director-General calls urges investigation into the killing of journalist Federico “Ding” Gempesaw in the Philippines

UNESCO DirectorGeneral Audrey Azoulay has condemned the killing of reporter Federico Ding Gempesaw in the City of Cagayan de Oro Philippines on 29 June

Director-General calls for investigation into killing of journalist Antonio de la Cruz in Mexico

The DirectorGeneral of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay has condemned the killing of reporter Antonio de la Cruz in Ciudad Victoria northeastern Mexico on 29 June

Director-General denounces killing of journalist Saber Al-Haidari in Yemen

The DirectorGeneral of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay has condemned the killing of reporter Saber AlHaidari by an explosive device planted in his car in the city of Aden in the south of Yemen on 15 June

Director-General urges authorities to investigate killing of journalist Dom Phillips in Brazil

The DirectorGeneral of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay has condemned the killing of journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous peoples expert Bruno Araujo Pereira who went missing in the Javari Valley in the western Brazilian state of Amazonas on 5 June

Director-General condemns murder of journalist Subhash Kumar Mahto, India

The DirectorGeneral of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay has called for an investigation into the killing of local news journalist Subhash Kumar Mahto near his home in the village of Sakho in Indias eastern state of Bihar on 20 May

Director-General condemns killing of journalist Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff in Ukraine

The DirectorGeneral of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay has condemned the killing of French reporter Frédéric LeclerImhoff on 30 May while he was covering the evacuation of civilians from the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk for French television broadcaster BFMTV

Director-General calls for an investigation into death of journalist Francisca Sandoval in Chile

The DirectorGeneral of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay has called for an investigation into the death of the Chilean television reporter Francisca Sandoval who died on 12 May jn Santiago

Director-General condemns murder of journalists Yessenia Mollinedo Falconi and Sheila Johana García Olivera in Mexico

The DirectorGeneral of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay has denounced the killings of two online journalists Sheila Johana García Olivera and Yessenia Mollinedo Falconi who were shot dead in the state of Veracruz Mexico on 9 May

Director-General condemns killing of prominent television journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Palestine

The DirectorGeneral of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay has called for a thorough investigation into the killing of television reporter Shireen Abu Akleh in the West Bank city of Jenin Palestine on 11 May

Director-General deplores the killings of journalists Roman Nezhyborets and Zoreslav Zamoysky in Ukraine

The DirectorGeneral of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay has denounced the killings of journalists Roman Nezhyborets and Zoreslav Zamoysky whose bodies were found by residents of the Ukranian localities of Yahidne and Bucha

Belarusian Association of Journalists awarded the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2022

The Belarusian Association of Journalists BAJ has been named as the laureate of the 2022 UNESCOGuillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize following the recommendation of the International Jury of media professionals The Award Ceremony will take place on 2 May in Punta Del Este Uruguay on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day Global Conference and be streamed online