Kenji Goto

Kenji Goto worked for Freelance (Japan), focusing his coverage on War coverage, before being killed on January 31, 2015 in Syria. Freelance (Japan) confirmed his death.

January 31, 2015, Syria. Kenji Goto was Beheaded by ISIS. The death was documented by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Journalist Deaths ? Syria has claimed the lives of numerous media workers. The killing of journalists doesn't just erase individuals ? it erases the record of what happened to civilian populations in conflict zones. Each journalist killed is a gap in the historical record.

Documented by the Committee to Protect Journalists. CPJ profile: https://cpj.org/data/people/kenji-goto/. CPJ's database is the primary global reference for confirmed journalist deaths in the line of duty.

Kenji Goto was killed during Journalist Deaths - Syria (from January 2020 to November -0001). The conflict concluded in November -0001. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.

Among those documented in the same conflict: Gilles Jacquier, Anthony Shadid, Marie Colvin, R?mi Ochlik.

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