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Siddiqui was killed alongside a senior Afghan officer while covering a clash between [[Afghan National Army|Afghan Special Forces]] and [[Taliban]] insurgents in [[Spin Boldak District|Spin Buldak, Kandahar]], on 15 July 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date= 15 July 2021|title=Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui killed in Afghanistan's Kandahar province|url=https://thewire.in/media/danish-siddiqui-reuters-in-photos|access-date=15 July 2021|work=The Wire|first=Soumashree|last=Sarkar|language=en}}</ref><ref name=nytimes>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/world/asia/danish-siddiqui-reuters-photographer-killed-afghanistan.html|title=Danish Siddiqui, Reuters Photojournalist, Is Killed in Afghanistan|work=The New York Times|first=Christina|last=Goldbaum|first2=Fahim|last2=Abed|date=16 July 2021|access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref> His body was handed to the [[Afghan Red Crescent Society]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=India condemns Danish Siddiqui's killing; Taliban give body to Red Cross |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-condemns-danish-siddiquis-killing-taliban-give-body-to-red-cross/articleshow/84488353.cms |access-date=2021-07-17 |website=The Times of India |date=Jul 17, 2021 |agency=TNN |language=en}}</ref>
Siddiqui was killed alongside a senior Afghan officer while covering a clash between [[Afghan National Army|Afghan Special Forces]] and [[Taliban]] insurgents in [[Spin Boldak District|Spin Buldak, Kandahar]], on 15 July 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date= 15 July 2021|title=Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui killed in Afghanistan's Kandahar province|url=https://thewire.in/media/danish-siddiqui-reuters-in-photos|access-date=15 July 2021|work=The Wire|first=Soumashree|last=Sarkar|language=en}}</ref><ref name=nytimes>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/world/asia/danish-siddiqui-reuters-photographer-killed-afghanistan.html|title=Danish Siddiqui, Reuters Photojournalist, Is Killed in Afghanistan|work=The New York Times|first=Christina|last=Goldbaum|first2=Fahim|last2=Abed|date=16 July 2021|access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref> His body was handed to the [[Afghan Red Crescent Society]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=India condemns Danish Siddiqui's killing; Taliban give body to Red Cross |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-condemns-danish-siddiquis-killing-taliban-give-body-to-red-cross/articleshow/84488353.cms |access-date=2021-07-17 |website=The Times of India |date=Jul 17, 2021 |agency=TNN |language=en}}</ref>


An Afghan official stated that Siddiqui was killed by the Taliban in a crossfire.<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 July 2021|title=Reuters journalist killed covering clash between Afghan forces, Taliban|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/reuters-journalist-killed-covering-clash-between-afghan-forces-taliban-2021-07-16/|access-date=16 July 2021|website=Reuters}}</ref>{{Efn|The specifics of the situation are not yet clear. Some sources mention that he was interviewing local shopkeepers, when hit by stray firing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Danish Siddiqui: Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist killed in Afghanistan {{!}} DW {{!}} 16.07.2021|url=https://www.dw.com/en/danish-siddiqui-pulitzer-prize-winning-photojournalist-killed-in-afghanistan/a-58285020|access-date=2021-07-17|publisher=[[Deutsche Welle ]]|language=en-GB}}</ref>}} Taliban rejected the accusations but expressed their regrets.<ref name="ht">{{cite news|date=17 July 2021|title='We are sorry': Taliban denies role in photojournalist Danish Siddiqui's death, says report|language=en|work=Hindustan Times|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/taliban-denies-role-in-photojournalist-danish-siddiqui-s-death-says-report-101626487013389.html}}</ref>
An Afghan official stated that Siddiqui was killed by the Taliban in a crossfire.<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 July 2021|title=Reuters journalist killed covering clash between Afghan forces, Taliban|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/reuters-journalist-killed-covering-clash-between-afghan-forces-taliban-2021-07-16/|access-date=16 July 2021|website=Reuters}}</ref>{{Efn|The specifics of the situation are not yet clear. Some sources mention that he was interviewing local shopkeepers, when hit by stray firing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Danish Siddiqui: Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist killed in Afghanistan {{!}} DW {{!}} 16.07.2021|url=https://www.dw.com/en/danish-siddiqui-pulitzer-prize-winning-photojournalist-killed-in-afghanistan/a-58285020|access-date=2021-07-17|publisher=[[Deutsche Welle ]]|language=en-GB}}</ref>}} Taliban rejected the accusations and expressed their regrets.<ref name="ht">{{cite news|date=17 July 2021|title='We are sorry': Taliban denies role in photojournalist Danish Siddiqui's death, says report|language=en|work=Hindustan Times|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/taliban-denies-role-in-photojournalist-danish-siddiqui-s-death-says-report-101626487013389.html}}</ref>


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Danish Siddiqui
Siddiqui in 2018
Born19 May 1983
New Delhi[1]
Died15 July 2021(2021-07-15) (aged 38)
Spin Buldak, Kandahar, Afghanistan
Cause of deathGunshot wounds
Alma materJamia Millia Islamia
OccupationPhotojournalist
EmployerReuters
SpouseRike
Children2
Websitewww.danishsiddiqui.net

Danish Siddiqui (19 May 1983 – 15 July 2021)[1] was an Indian photo-journalist based in Mumbai, who used to head the national Reuters Multimedia team.[2][3][4][5] He received the Pulitzer Prize in 2018, as part of the Reuters team, for documenting the Rohingya Refugee Crisis.

In 2021, he was shot dead while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban forces near a border crossing with Pakistan.[6][7][8]

Early life and education

Siddiqui attended the Fr. Agnel School in South New Delhi. He graduated with a degree in Economics from Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi. He went on to pursue post-graduation in Mass Communication from the AJK Mass Communication Research Centre at Jamia in 2007.[9][10]

Career

Siddiqui started his career as a correspondent for Hindustan Times before shifting to the TV Today Network.[1] He switched to photojournalism and joined Reuters as an intern in 2010. Siddiqui had since covered the Battle of Mosul (2016–17), the April 2015 Nepal earthquake, the 2015 Rohingya Refugee Crisis, the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, the 2020 Delhi Riots, and the COVID-19 pandemic among other stories in South Asia, Middle East and Europe.[11][12][5]

Since July 2021, he was serving as an embedded journalist with Afghan Special Forces to document the Taliban offensive, in what would be his last assignment.[1]

Significant photographs

A photograph taken during the 2020 Delhi Riots, documenting the lynching of a Muslim man by a Hindu mob, was featured by Reuters as one of the defining photographs of the year.[13][14] BBC News, National Public Radio, and The Caravan noted it to be the defining image of the riot.[15][16][17] Another photograph, taken of a teenage right-wing activist brandishing a pistol at protesters while the police looked on, became evidence of "the emboldening of Hindu nationalists" in the wake of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.[18]

Awards

In 2018, he became the first Indian alongside Adnan Abidi to win the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography (as part of the Photography staff of Reuters) for documenting the Rohingya Refugee Crisis.[19]

Personal life

Siddiqui was married to Rike, a German national.[1][20] They had two children.[1]

Death

Siddiqui was killed alongside a senior Afghan officer while covering a clash between Afghan Special Forces and Taliban insurgents in Spin Buldak, Kandahar, on 15 July 2021.[21][18] His body was handed to the Afghan Red Crescent Society.[22]

An Afghan official stated that Siddiqui was killed by the Taliban in a crossfire.[23][a] Taliban rejected the accusations and expressed their regrets.[25]

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Notes

  1. ^ The specifics of the situation are not yet clear. Some sources mention that he was interviewing local shopkeepers, when hit by stray firing.[24]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Siddiqui, Danish. "Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui captured the people behind the story". The Wider Image. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Pulitzer-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui killed in Taliban attack". The News Minute. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Danish Siddiqui". Reuters - The Wider Image. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui captured the people behind the story". Reuters. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Struggle, Conflict and Small Joys: A Selection of Danish Siddiqui's Photographs". The Wire. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Danish Siddiqui: Indian photojournalist killed in Afghanistan". BBC News. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  7. ^ Sarkar, Soumashree (16 July 2021). "Struggle, Conflict and Small Joys: A Selection of Danish Siddiqui's Photographs". The Wire. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  8. ^ "'Devastating loss of brave photojournalist': Condolences pour in for Danish Siddiqui". The News Minute. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  9. ^ Vaswani, Anjana (18 April 2018). "Mumbai lensman Danish Siddiqui's work part of Pulitzer-winning Rohingya series". Mumbai Mirror. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Jamia Millia's AJK-MCRC Alumnus Receives Pulitzer Prize For Photography". NDTV.com. 19 April 2018. Archived from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Reuters journalist killed covering clash between Afghan forces, Taliban". Reuters. 16 July 2021. Archived from the original on 16 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui Is Killed In Afghanistan". NPR.org. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Photo of Muslim Man Being Beaten in Delhi Riots is Reuters' India Pick in 'Pictures of Year' List". The Wire. 25 November 2020. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  14. ^ "Inside Delhi: beaten, lynched and burnt alive". the Guardian. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  15. ^ "'No-one who saw the photo thought I would survive'". BBC News. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  16. ^ "In New Delhi, Days Of Deadly Violence And Riots". NPR.org. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  17. ^ Vats, Vaibhav. "'You don't even slaughter animals like that': Behind the iconic image of Delhi's anti-Muslim carnage". The Caravan. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  18. ^ a b Goldbaum, Christina; Abed, Fahim (16 July 2021). "Danish Siddiqui, Reuters Photojournalist, Is Killed in Afghanistan". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  19. ^ "The 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Feature Photography". The Pulitzer Prizes. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  20. ^ "Danish Siddiqui's father appeals to MEA: Expedite process to get his body back". The Indian Express. 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  21. ^ Sarkar, Soumashree (15 July 2021). "Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui killed in Afghanistan's Kandahar province". The Wire. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  22. ^ "India condemns Danish Siddiqui's killing; Taliban give body to Red Cross". The Times of India. TNN. 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  23. ^ "Reuters journalist killed covering clash between Afghan forces, Taliban". Reuters. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  24. ^ "Danish Siddiqui: Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist killed in Afghanistan | DW | 16.07.2021". Deutsche Welle . Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  25. ^ "'We are sorry': Taliban denies role in photojournalist Danish Siddiqui's death, says report". Hindustan Times. 17 July 2021.
  26. ^ Staff, Scroll. "At UN meet, India condemns killing of photojournalist Danish Siddiqui in Afghanistan". Scroll.in. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  27. ^ "I&B minister, media bodies condole Indian photojournalist's death in Afghanistan". Outlookindia.com.
  28. ^ "'A tremendous loss': Biden govt mourns Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui's death in Afghanistan". Free Press Journal.
  29. ^ "Afghan President Expresses Shock Over Killing Of Indian Journalist Danish Siddiqui". NDTV.com.
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