Journalists in the Philippines have been killed in work-related violence since at least 2020. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has documented these deaths, which are often linked to reporting on local politics, the government's anti-drug campaign, and conflict in Mindanao. Perpetrators include state actors, unidentified gunmen, and non-state armed groups. According to CPJ, at least 21 journalists have been killed in the Philippines in direct relation to their work between 2020 and late 2023.
This memorial has documented 8 people who died between January 1, 2020 and November 30, -0001. Each name on this page represents a life that ended violently, abruptly, and irreversibly — a family shattered, a community bereaved.
Deaths recorded in this conflict span the years 2009, 2020, 2021, 2022. Browse by year using the sidebar filter to examine how casualties shifted over the course of the conflict.
This conflict is interconnected with other documented war zones — Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Freedom's Sentinel, Minab School Strike, Iran ? 2026. Each of those pages maintains its own independent roster of the fallen.
