#TruthNeverDies is a campaign developed jointly by UNESCO and DDB Paris to commemorate the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (2 November)
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He was a Ghanaian investigative journalist. He was shot three times in his vehicle by unidentified men on motorbikes in 2019.
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She was a Maltese journalist. She was killed in a car bomb attack in 2017. Despite intimidation, threats and lawsuits, she refused to give up on sharing the truth with the public.
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He was an Afghani TV news reporter. He and his cameramen, Ramiz Ahmadi, were victims of a suicide bombing while reporting live from the site.
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He was an American photojournalist. He was taken hostage and murdered by ISIS in Syria in 2012. His belief that reporting was an act of moral courage gave a voice to those who didn't have one.
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She was a Mexican journalist. She was shot in her car, accompanied by one of her three children, outside her home in 2017. Her high-principled work shed light on organized crime, political wrongdoings and other abuses.
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She was an Indian journalist. She was shot to death by unknown assailants outside her home in 2017.
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He was an Belarusian journalist. He was killed by a bomb planted in his car in Kiev, Ukraine in 2016. His sharp investigative work denounced corruption, misinformation and other abuses.
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She was a French journalist. She was kidnapped in 2013 along with her colleague Claude Verlon, and murdered while reporting in Mali. Their courage and professionalism left a footprint that cannot be erased.
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He was a French sound engineer. He and his colleague Ghislaine Dupont were kidnapped and murdered in 2013 while reporting in Mali. Their courage and professionalism left a footprint that cannot be erased.
He was a Lebanese journalist. He was assassinated in a car bomb in Beirut in 2005. His commitment for freedom of expression and the rule of law is still reminded.
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He was a Yemeni journalist. He was killed by poison in 2017. His investigative coverage strived to keep power in check.
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He was an Ecuadorian photographer. He and his colleagues, reporter Javier Ortega and driver Efrain Segarra were taken hostages by an armed group and killed while reporting in Colombia. They risked their lives to know the truth.
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He was a Saudi journalist. He was killed at the Consulate of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul in 2018. His relentless defense for freedom of expression should not be forgotten.
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He was a Mexican journalist. He was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in 2017. His reporting stood up against violence and censorship.
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He was an Slovakian journalist. He and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, were shot dead in their home in 2018.
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She was a Syrian independent journalist and blogger. She was abducted and murdered by ISIS in 2014, while reporting human rights violations in the occupied city of Raqqa, Syria. Her defiance to expose extremists atrocities should never be forgotten.
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