THE MEDIA TICKING CLOCK REGISTERS THE NUMBER OF JOURNALISTS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. The PEC includes in its statistics work-related deaths among

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96 in 2006 - 109 since June 19 2006 - 48 in 2007

NOTE: THE MEDIA TICKING CLOCK REGISTERS THE NUMBER OF JOURNALISTS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. The PEC includes in its statistics work-related deaths among journalists, correspondents, freelances, cameramen, sound recordists, technicians, photographers, producers, administrators, cyber-reporters. The figures do not register casualties among other media employees like drivers, guards, security staff and translators. Sources are PEC members, news agencies, national press associations, IFEX, IFJ, RSF, UNESCO, CPJ, UNAMI (at least two sources). THE MEDIA TICKING CLOCK IS UPDATED MONTHLY SINCE THE FIRST SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL JUNE 19, 2006.

MAY 2007: 96 Mario Rolando Lopez Sanchez, Radio Sonora, Guatemala, May 3 - 97 Mohammed Abdullahi Khalif, Galkayo Radio Voice, Somalia, May 5 - 98 Dimitri Tchebotaïev, photoreporter, Russia, Newsweek, Iraq, May 6 - 99 Raad Mutashar, al-Raad, Kirkuk, Iraq, May 8 - 100 Imad Abd Obeidi, al-Raad, Kirkuk, Iraq, May 8 - 101 Aqeel Abdul-Qader, al-Raad, Kirkuk, Iraq, May 8 - 102 Vinod Kumar, Dinakaran, Madurai, India, May 9 - 103 G Gopinath, Dinakaran, Madurai, India, May 9 - 104 Sulaiman Abdul Rahim al-A'shi, Falasteen, Gaza, May 13 - 105 Abshir Ali Gabra, radio IQK FM, Mogadishu, Somalia, May 15 - 106 Ahmed Hassan, radio SBC, Bosaso, Somalia, May 15 - 107 Alix Joseph, Radio Provinciale, Gonaives, Haïti, May 16 - 108 Alaa Uldeen Aziz, ABC TV, Iraq, May 17 - 109 Saif Laith Yousuf, ABC TV, Iraq, May 17 -

APRIL 2007: 84 Edward Chikombo, ZBC, Zimbabwe, April 1 - 85 Khamail Khalaf, Radio Free Iraq, Iraq, April 5 - 86 Thaer Ahmed Jaber, Baghdad TV, Iraq, April 5 - 87 Husain Nizaer, Baghdad TV, Iraq, April 5 - 88 Amado Ramirez, Televisa, Acapulco Radiorama, Mexico, April 5 - 89 Othman Al-Mashhadani, Al Watan, Iraq, April 6 - 90 Ajmal Naqshbandi, Afghanistan, April 8 - 91 Iman Youssef Abdullah, radio Mosul, Iraq, April 12 - 92 Subash Chandraboas, Nilam, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka, April 16 - 93 Carmelo Palacios, radio dxRB, Nueva Ecija, Philippines, April 18 - 94 Saul Martinez Ortega, Diario de Agua Prieta, Interdiario, Mexico, April 23 - 95 Selvarajah Rajivarnam, Uthayan, Sri Lanka, April 29

MARCH 2007: 77 Jamal al-Zubaidi, Al-Safir, Iraq, March 3 - 78 Mohan Hussein al-Dhahr, Al-Mashreq, Iraq, March 4 - 79 Yusuf Sabri, Biladi TV, Iraq, March 6 - 80 Ivan Safronov, Kommersant, Russia, March 5 - 81 Hussein Al Jabouri, Al-Safir, Iraq, March 16 - 82 Miguel Perez Julca, Radio Exitos-Radio Oriental-Radio Jaen, Peru, March 16 - 83 Hamid Al-Douleimi, Al-Nahrain TV, Iraq, March 19 -

FEBRUARY 2007: 69 Suhad Shakir al-Kinani, Council of Representatives' press office, Iraq, Feb 4 - 70 Robson Barbosa Bezerra, photographer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb 8 - 71 Samuel Kwabena Ennin, Ashanti chairman Ghana Journalists Association, Ghana, Feb 9 - 72 Ali Mohammed Omar, Warsan Radio, Baidoa, Somalia, Feb 16 - 73 Rahman Qul, Andkhoy, Afghanistan, Feb 17 - 74 Hernani Pastolero, Lightning Courier, Mindanao, Philippines, Feb 19 - 75 Hussein Al Zoubaidi, Al-Ahali, Iraq, Feb 19 - 76 Abderrazak Hachim Al-Khakani, Joumhouriyat Al Irak, Iraq, Feb 20 -

JANUARY 2007: 62 Ahmed Hadi Naji, Associated Press Television, Iraq, Jan 5 - 63 Fessehaye Joshua Yohannes, Setit, Eritrea, Jan 11 - 64 Khudr Younis al-Obaidi, Al-Diwan, Mossul, Iraq, Jan 12 - 65 Yassine Aid Assef, al-Sabah, Iraq, Jan 14 - 66 Hrant Dink, Agos, Istanbul, Turkey, Jan 19 - 67 Jean-Rémy Badio, photographer, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan 19 - 68 Mounjid Al-Toumaimi, freelance, Iraq, Jan 28

DECEMBER 2006: 57 Nabil Ibrahim Al-Dulaimi, Radio Dijla, Iraq, Dec 4 - 58 Ponciano Grande, Radio dwJJ, Nueva Ecija, Philippines, Dec 7 - 59 Aswan Ahmed Lutfallah, Associated Press Television, Iraq, Dec 12 - 60 Andres Acosta, Action Radio, Philippines, Dec 20 - 61 Godwin Agbroko, This Day, Lagos, Nigeria, Dec 22

NOVEMBER 2006: 44 Mohammad Ismail, Pakistan Press International, Islamabad, Pakistan, Nov 1 - 45 Ahmed Al Rashid, Al Sharqiya TV, Iraq, Nov 3 - 46 Misael Tamayo Hernandez, El Despertar de la Costa, Guerrero, Mexico, Nov 10 - 47 Mohammed al-Ban, Al Sharqiya TV, Iraq, Nov 13 - 48 Fadia Mohammed Abid, Al-Masar, Iraq, Nov 15 - 49 Luma Mohammed Reyad, Al-Dustoor, Iraq, Nov 15 - 50 José Manuel Nava Sanchez, Excelsior, Mexico-City, Nov 16 - 51 Walid Hassan, Al-Sharqiya TV, Iraq, Nov 20 - 52 Roberto Marcos Garcia, Testimonio, Mexico, Nov 21 - 53 Raad Jaafar Hamadi, Al Sabah, Iraq, Nov 22 - 54 Fadhila Abdelkarim, TV station Nainawa, Iraq, Nov 26 - 55 Marino Perez Murcia, Radio Habana, Colombia, Nov 26 - 56 Adolfo Sanchez Guzman, Televisa Veracruz, Mexico, Nov 30

OCTOBER 2006: 27 Anna Politkovskaïa, Novaya Gazeta, Russia, Oct 7 - 28 Christian Struwe, freelance/Deutsche Welle, Afghanistan, Oct 7 - 29 Karen Fischer , freelance/Deutsche Welle, Afghanistan, Oct 7 - 30 Azad Mohammed Hassan, Radio Dar Al Salam, Iraq, Oct 10 - 31 Abderrahim Nasrallah Al Choumari, director, Al Chaabiya TV, Iraq, Oct 12 - 32 Nawfal Al Choumari, Al Chaabiya TV, Iraq, Oct 12 - 33 Hussein Ali, Al Chaabiya TV, Iraq, Oct 12 - 34 Dhakir Hussein Al Shuwaili, Al Shaabiya TV, Iraq, Oct 12 - 35 Ahmad Shaaban, Al Shaabiya TV, Iraq, Oct 12 - 36 Sami Nasrallah Al Shumari, Al Chaabiya TV, Oct 12 - 37 Raid Qais Al Shammari, Al Iraqiya TV, Iraq, Oct 13 - 38 Dhiaa Al Hajjar, Al Sabah, Iraq, Oct 13 - 39 Ali Halil, Al Iraqiya TV, Iraq, Oct 16 - 40 Anatoly Voronin, Itar-Tass, Russia, Oct 16 - 41 Naqsheen Hamad, Al Iraqiya TV, Oct 22 - 42 Brad Will, Indymedia network, Oaxaca, Mexico, Oct 27 - 43 Sherin Hamid, Al Iraqiya TV, Iraq, Oct 30

SEPTEMBER 2006: 20 Mohamed Taha, Al-Wifaq, Sudan, Sept 6 - 21 Eduardo Maas Bol, Radio Punto, Guatemala, Sept 9 - 22 Abdel Karim Al-Roubaï, Al-Sabah, Iraq, Sept 9 - 23 Hadi Hanawi Al-Joubouri, freelance, Iraq Sept 12 - 24 Safaa Ismail Inad, Al-Watan, Iraq, Sept 13 - 25 Ogoulsapar Mouradova, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Turkmenistan, Sept 14 - 26 Ahmed Riyad Al-Karbouli, Baghdad TV, Iraq, Sept 18 -

AUGUST 2006: 14 Adel Naji Al Mansouri, Al Alam TV, Iraq Aug 1 - 15 Riyad Atto Talafar al Youm, Iraq Aug 1 - 16 Mohammed Abbas Hamed, Al-Bayinnah Al-Jadida, Iraq, Aug 7 - 17 Ismail Amine Ali, freelance, Iraq, Aug 7 - 18 Milton Fabian Sanchez , Yumbo Estereo, Columbia, Aug 9 - 19 Enrique Perea Quintanilla, Dos caras, una verdad, Mexixo, Aug 9 -

JULY 2006: 4 Sampath Lakmal Silva, Sri Lanka, July 1 - 5 Augusto Pedro, Jornal de Angola, July 8 - 6 Bapuwa Mwamba, Le Phare, RDC, July 8 - 7 Benicio Wedeinge, Public Television, Angola, July 16 - 8 Xiao Guopeng, Anshun, China, July 18 - 9 Armando Pace Radio DXDS, Philippines, July 18 - 10 Sleiman Chidiac, LBC, Lebanon, July 22 - 11 Ajuricaba Monassa, freelance, Brazil, July 24 - 12 Layal Nagib, Al Jarass, July 23 - 13 Evgueni Guerassimenko, Saratovski Rasklad, Russia, July 26

JUNE 19 2006 - JUNE 30 2006: 1 George Vigo, Union of Catholic Asian News, June 19, Philippines - 2 Martin Adler, swedish freelance, June 23, Somalia - 3 Osama Qadir, freelance/Fox News, June 29, Iraq

JANUARY - JUNE 19 2006: 35 journalists killed: Prahlad Goala, Asomiya Khaba, India, Jan 6 - Rolly Canete, radio DXPA,DXBZ,DXPR, Philippines, Jan 20 - Hamza Hussein, Al Diyar TV, Iraq, Jan 23 - Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan, Sudar Oli, Sri Lanka, Jan 24 - Mahmoud Zaal, Baghdad TV, Iraq, Jan 25 - Wu Xianghu, Taizhou Wanbao, China, Feb 2 - Jose Luis Leon Desiderio, Radio Minutera, Ecuador, Feb 14 - Khaled Mahmoud Al-Falahi, Al Arabiya TV, Iraq, Feb 23 - Adnane Kahïnallah, Al-Arabiya TV, Iraq, Feb 23 - Atwar Bahjat, Al-Arabiya TV, Iraq, Feb 23 - Ilia Zimine, Russian TV, Russia, Feb 26 - Monsef Al-Khalidi, Baghdad TV Sat, Iraq, Mar 7 - Jaime Arturo Olvera Bravo, La Voz de Michoacan, Mexico, Mar 9 - Ramiro Tellez Contreras, Radio Exa 95.7 FM, Mexico, Mar 10 - Amjad Hameed, Al-Iraqiya, Iraq, Mar 11 - Muhsin Khudhair, Alef Ba, Iraq, Mar 13 - Gustavo Rojas Gabalo, Radio Panzemu, Colombia, Mar 20 - Kamal Manahi Anbar, Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Iraq, Mar 26 - Jorge Aguirre, El Mundo, Venezuela, Apr 5 - Koussai Kahdban, Radio Al-Bilad, Iraq, Apr 22 - Kumar Suresh, Uthayan, Sri Lanka, May 2 - Kumar Ranjith, Uthayan, Sri Lanka, May 2 - Saoud Mazahem Al-Hadithi, Al-Baghdadia, Iraq, May 5 - Mouazaz Baroud, Al-Nahrain, Iraq, May 7 - Abdel Magid Al Mohammadaoui, freelance, Iraq, May 7 - Abdel Chaker Al Dalimi, freelance, Iraq, May 7 - Ismail Mohammad Khalaf, Iraq, May 7 - Leith Al-Doulaïmi, Al-Nahrain, Iraq, May 7 - Munir Sangi, Kawish Television, Pakistan, May 29 - James Brolan, CBS, sound recordist, Iraq, May 29 - Paul Douglas, CBS, Iraq, May 29 - Ali Jaafar, Al-Iraqiya TV, Iraq, May 31 - Arun Narayan Dekate, Tarun Bharat, India, June 8 - Ibrahim Seneid, Al-Bashara, Iraq, June 13 - Hayatullah Khan, Ausaf, Pakistan, June 16