Mohammed Ghalib al-Majidi

Year: 2016

Nationality: Yemen

Killed by: Political Group

Location: Taiz, Yemen

Press organization: Freelance

What's Mohammed Ghalib al-Majidi's story?

Freelance photojournalist Mohammed Ghalib al-Majidi was killed while covering clashes in the city of Taiz, roughly 200 miles (320 kilometers) from Sanaa, on March 21, 2016, according to the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate and news reports. At the time, Houthi rebel forces and supporters of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh were fighting to re-impose a siege on the city, defended by a patchwork of pro-government forces and local fighters.

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