Niloofar Hamedi

Niloofar Hamedi worked for Shargh newspaper, focusing her coverage on Human rights, before being killed on September 22, 2022 in Tehran, Iran (detained). Shargh newspaper confirmed her death.

Niloofar Hamedi's death ? Imprisoned (not killed) on September 22, 2022 in Tehran, Iran (detained) ? was classified by CPJ as a confirmed work-related killing.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) records this death as part of a documented pattern of press killings in Journalist Deaths ? Global (Other Conflicts). Press freedom organizations track these cases not only to document the dead, but to pursue accountability for those who target journalists.

Source: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). CPJ profile: https://cpj.org/data/people/niloofar-hamedi/. The CPJ is an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal.

Niloofar Hamedi was killed during Journalist Deaths - Global (Other Conflicts) (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: Ko Min Htin, Chery Dieu-Nalio Chery, Sai Zaw Thaike.

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