Reporter’s Memorial

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THURSDAY OCTOBER 9 – 5 pm

Reporter’s Memorial

2024-2025 Commemorative stone

On Thursday 9 October, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) will pay solemn tribute to journalists killed in the line of duty over the past year. At a ceremony at the Reporters’ Memorial, RSF’s Executive Director, Thibaut Bruttin, will unveil a plaque engraved in their memory, in the presence of their relatives. This year, 73 names have been engraved on the white marble.

The severity of the toll is due in particular to the number of Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza by the Israeli army. RSF will pay tribute to them at the foot of the olive tree planted last year at the entrance to the memorial.
Kazakh journalist Nataliia Sadykova will also be present to talk about her fight for information alongside her husband, Aydos Sadykov, who was shot dead in the street on 18 June 2024 in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital. Mauricio Cruz Solís, director of the digital media outlet Minuto x Minuto, was brutally shot dead in the centre of the municipality of Uruapan, in the state of Michoacán, western Mexico, on 29 October 2024. He was only 25 years old. His mother, Maria Guillermina Solis, and his sister, Rebeca Cruz Solis, will be present to pay tribute to him. A few months later, on 4 December 2024, an air strike on the town of Morek killed photojournalist Anas Alkharboutli. This media professional, who was awarded the Bayeux Award for War Correspondents in the Young Reporter category in 2020, was covering clashes between opposition groups and the Syrian army in central Syria. His brother, Mohammad Kamal Alkharboutli, will attend to honour his memory.

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Mémorial des reporters
Boulevard Fabian Ware
Direct access from rue de Verdun
Free admission