Faces of impunity across the world

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CPJ’s 2023 Global Impunity Index lists the top 12 countries where the murderers of journalists go free. But impunity knows no borders. The mosaic below shows the faces of slain journalists around the world. Beneath each journalist’s photo is the location of their death.

Click the images for more details about these unsolved cases. (Photo grid by Geoff McGhee)

Shireen Abu Akleh
Jenin, West Bank
Slavko Curuvija
Yugoslavia
Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela
Ghana
Sokratis Giolias
Greece
Dumesky Kersaint
Haiti
Jamal Khashoggi
Saudi Arabian consulate, Istanbul
Gauri Lankesh
India
Percival Mabasa
The Philippines
Regina Martínez Pérez
Mexico
Joël Mumbere Musavuli
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Hosein Naderi
Afghanistan
Sagal Salad Osma
Somalia
Dom Phillips
Brazil
Pavel Sheremet
Ukraine
Lokman Slim
Lebanon


This content originally appeared on Committee to Protect Journalists and was authored by Arlene Getz/CPJ Editorial Director.

Citations

[1] Haiti joins list of countries where killers of journalists most likely to go unpunished - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/reports/2023/10/haiti-joins-list-of-countries-where-killers-of-journalists-most-likely-to-go-unpunished/[2] Shireen Abu Akleh - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/shireen-abu-akleh/[3] Slavko Curuvija - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/slavko-curuvija/[4] Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/ahmed-hussein-suale-divela/[5] Shireen Abu Akleh - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/shireen-abu-akleh/[6] Slavko Curuvija - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/slavko-curuvija/[7] Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/ahmed-hussein-suale-divela/[8] Sokratis Giolias - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/sokratis-giolias/[9] Dumesky Kersaint - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/dumesky-kersaint/[10] Jamal Khashoggi - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/jamal-khashoggi/[11] Sokratis Giolias - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/sokratis-giolias/[12] Dumesky Kersaint - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/dumesky-kersaint/[13] Jamal Khashoggi - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/jamal-khashoggi/[14] Gauri Lankesh - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/gauri-lankesh/[15] Percival Mabasa - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/percival-mabasa/[16] Regina Martínez Pérez - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/regina-martinez-perez/[17] Gauri Lankesh - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/gauri-lankesh/[18] Percival Mabasa - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/percival-mabasa/[19] Regina Martínez Pérez - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/regina-martinez-perez/[20] Joël Mumbere Musavuli - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/joel-mumbere-musavuli/[21] Hosein Naderi - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/hosein-naderi/[22] Sagal Salad Osman - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/sagal-salad-osman/[23] Joël Mumbere Musavuli - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/joel-mumbere-musavuli/[24] Hosein Naderi - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/hosein-naderi/[25] Sagal Salad Osman - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/sagal-salad-osman/[26] Dom Phillips - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/dom-phillips/[27] Pavel Sheremet - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/pavel-sheremet/[28] Lokman Slim - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/lokman-slim/[29] Dom Phillips - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/dom-phillips/[30] Pavel Sheremet - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/pavel-sheremet/[31] Lokman Slim - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/data/people/lokman-slim/