Journalists are dying but why?
The Fourth Estate is an important institution of the democracy but these names are showing another facet
Daniel Pearl: The braveheart
Daniel Pearl was a journalist for the Wall Street Journal with American and Israeli citizenship. He was kidnapped and later beheaded by terrorists.
Terrorists even released the terrifying video of his slaughter, causing large-scale outrage and condemnation all over the world.
(Photograph:Zee News Network)
Tim Lopes: Killed by drug traffcikers
Tim Lopes was a Brazilian investigative journalist and producer for the Brazilian television network Rede Globo. He was abducted, tortured and killed by drug traffickers.
At the time of his abduction, Tim was working on an investigative story in one of Rio?s slums where drug trafficking and child prostitution flourished.
(Photograph:WION)
Edgar Damalerio: Killed by corrupt politicians
Damalerio, the editor of the weekly newspaper Zamboanga Scribe and a commentator on DXKP radio station in Pagadian City, Philippines, was shot and killed.
A gunman shot Damalerio because of his investigation of corrupt politicians and police.
(Photograph:WION)
