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Irshad Mastoi
Organization: Online International News Network and ARY News
Year: 2014
War: Pakistan
Bio:
As general secretary of the Balochistan Union of Journalists, Irshad Mastoi kept a list of reporters who had been killed in Pakistan's violent Balochistan province, telling friends that one day his name might appear among them. That day came on Aug. 28, 2014, when two gunmen burst into the offices of the independent news agency Online International News Network, killing Mastoi and two colleagues, including trainee reporter Ghulam Rasool. A courageous reporter and bureau chief, Mastoi, who was 34, taught himself to type with his left hand after losing his right hand in an electrical accident while on assignment. Mastoi had received multiple death threats for his reporting in Balochistan, which Reporters Without Borders calls one of the world's most dangerous areas for journalists. |